Chinese Almanac for 2025-07-29
2025-07-29 is Lunar month 6, day 5 (leap month) on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Hai day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-07-29 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 5 (leap month) |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Start school (入学)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Build a warehouse (造仓)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue Combination (天德合), Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Four Images (四相), Yin Virtue (阴德), Triple Harmony (三合), Hour's Yin (时阴), Six Rites (六仪), Jade Palace (玉宇), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Dead Energy (死气), Repeat Day (复日), Double Day (重日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Snake (Gui Si day); traditionally best to avoid the West 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.
Hai (Pig) day: traditionally, marriages are not held, as it is said it will be unlucky for the groom.
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?
2025-07-29 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 5 (leap month) 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?
2025-07-29 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