Chinese Almanac for 2025-06-09
2025-06-09 is Lunar month 5, day 14 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji You day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-06-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 14 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Wu (Horse) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Repair the wall (修饰垣墙)
- Level roads (平治道涂)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Trim nails (整手足甲)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Travel (出行)
- Install a door (安门)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Four Images (四相), People's Day (民日), Reverent Peace (敬安), Removing Spirit (除神), Bright Hall (明堂), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Death God (死神), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Gui Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-06-09 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 14 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?
2025-06-09 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