Chinese Almanac for 2025-09-12
2025-09-12 is Lunar month 7, day 21 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Shen day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-09-12 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 21 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Travel (出行)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Move house (移徙)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Open for business (开市)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), King's Day (王日), Heavenly Horse (天马), Five Riches (五富), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Sacred Heart (圣心), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Blood Branch (血支), Five Separations (五离), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Wu Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-09-12 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 21 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?
2025-09-12 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