Chinese Almanac for 2025-08-13
2025-08-13 is Lunar month 6, day 20 (leap month) on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Yin day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-08-13 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 20 (leap month) |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Demolish a house (破屋)
- Demolish a wall (坏垣)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Nothing advised today (诸事不宜)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Sacred Heart (圣心), Untying Spirit (解神), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Breaker (月破), Great Depletion (大耗), Month Punishment (月刑), Four Wastes (四废), Eight Specialization (八专), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Wu Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-08-13 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 20 (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?
2025-08-13 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