Chinese Almanac for 2025-05-29
2025-05-29 is Lunar month 5, day 3 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Xu day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-05-29 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 3 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Travel (出行)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Break ground (动土)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Plant (栽种)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open for business (开市)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Build a boat (造船)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Four Images (四相), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Jade Palace (玉宇), Untying Spirit (解神), Golden Chest (金匮)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Minor Depletion (小耗), Heaven's Thief (天贼)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Ren Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-05-29 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 3 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?
2025-05-29 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