Chinese Almanac for 2025-10-16
2025-10-16 is Lunar month 8, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Wu day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-10-16 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Open for business (开市)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Set up a bed (安床)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Essential Peace (要安)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Four Depletions (四耗), Repeat Day (复日), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Ren Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-10-16 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 25 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?
2025-10-16 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