Chinese Almanac for 2025-06-17
2025-06-17 is Lunar month 5, day 22 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Si day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-06-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 22 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Wu (Horse) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Si (Snake) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Install a door (安门)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Plant (栽种)
- Build a dike (筑堤)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Travel (出行)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
King's Day (王日), Jade Palace (玉宇)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Blood Branch (血支), Repeat Day (复日), Double Day (重日), Black Tortoise (元武)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Pig (Xin Hai day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.
Si (Snake) day: traditionally, long journeys are avoided, as it is said belongings will be lost or hidden.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-06-17 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 22 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?
2025-06-17 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