Chinese Almanac for 2025-04-01
2025-04-01 is Lunar month 3, day 4 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Zi day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-04-01 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 4 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Plant (栽种)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- Go fishing (取渔)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Train cattle and horses (教牛马)
- Get a haircut (理发)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Mother's Granary (母仓), Yang Virtue (阳德), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Kitchen God (司命), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Month Punishment (月刑), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Heaven's Thief (天贼)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Jia Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Geng (Yang Metal) day: traditionally, looms are not set up, as it is said the work will come to nothing.
Zi (Rat) day: traditionally, diviners are not consulted, as it is said doing so brings calamity on oneself.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-04-01 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 4 on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.
What should be avoided on this day?
Traditional almanac sources list the items under Inauspicious for (忌) above as activities best avoided on this day.
Which zodiac year is this day in?
2025-04-01 falls in the Yi Si year, the year of the Snake.
Solar terms: astronomical calculation. Daily do's and don'ts, auspicious/inauspicious spirits, clashes, and Peng Zu's taboos: Xieji Bianfangshu (协纪辨方书) tradition, as encoded in lunar-typescript · Last updated 2026-09-11