Chinese Almanac for 2025-06-18
2025-06-18 is Lunar month 5, day 23 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Wu day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-06-18 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 23 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Wu (Horse) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Train cattle and horses (教牛马)
- Exterminate ants (断蚁)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Break ground (动土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Four Images (四相), Yang Virtue (阳德), Official's Day (官日), Golden Hall (金堂), Kitchen God (司命)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Establishment (月建), Minor Time (小时), Earth's Mansion (土府), Month Punishment (月刑), Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Earth Talisman (土符), Minor Meeting (小会)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Ren Zi 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.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
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?
2025-06-18 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 23 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?
2025-06-18 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