Chinese Almanac for 2025-05-27
2025-05-27 is Lunar month 5, day 1 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Shen day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-05-27 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 1 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Travel (出行)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Move house (移徙)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue Combination (天德合), Heaven's Wish (天愿), Minister's Day (相日), Six Harmony (六合), Five Riches (五富), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Continuing Generations (续世), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
River Chief (河魁), Death God (死神), Month Punishment (月刑), Wandering Calamity (游祸), Five Voids (五虚), Blood Taboo (血忌), Repeat Day (复日), Five Separations (五离), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Geng Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-05-27 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 1 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?
2025-05-27 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