Chinese Almanac for 2025-08-09
2025-08-09 is Lunar month 6, day 16 (leap month) on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Xu day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-08-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 16 (leap month) |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Plant (栽种)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Break ground (动土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Yang Virtue (阳德), Guarding Day (守日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Six Rites (六仪), Reverent Peace (敬安), Kitchen God (司命)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Heavenly Dog (天狗), Nine Voids (九空), Repeat Day (复日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Jia Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Geng (Yang Metal) day: traditionally, looms are not set up, as it is said the work will come to nothing.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-08-09 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 16 (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?
2025-08-09 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