Chinese Almanac for 2025-05-04
2025-05-04 is Lunar month 4, day 7 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui You day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-05-04 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 4, day 7 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Travel (出行)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Lay foundation stones (定磉)
- Install a door (安门)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Six Harmony (六合), Universal Protection (普护), Removing Spirit (除神), Precious Light (宝光), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Minor Depletion (小耗), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Ding Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-05-04 corresponds to Lunar month 4, day 7 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?
2025-05-04 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