Chinese Almanac for 2025-08-06
2025-08-06 is Lunar month 6, day 13 (leap month) on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Wei day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-08-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 13 (leap month) |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Travel (出行)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Build a cart or tool (造车器)
- Train cattle and horses (教牛马)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
- Harvest honey (割蜜)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Guarding Day (守日), Sacred Heart (圣心)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Establishment (月建), Minor Time (小时), Earth's Mansion (土府), Eight Specialization (八专), Black Tortoise (元武), Yang Error (阳错)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Xin Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West 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.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-08-06 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 13 (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?
2025-08-06 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