Chinese Almanac for 2025-07-31
2025-07-31 is Lunar month 6, day 7 (leap month) on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Chou day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 7 (leap month) |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Demolish a house (破屋)
- Demolish a wall (坏垣)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Grace (月恩)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Breaker (月破), Great Depletion (大耗), Month Punishment (月刑), Four Strikes (四击), Nine Voids (九空), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Goat (Yi Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-07-31 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 7 (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?
2025-07-31 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