Chinese Almanac for 2025-10-18
2025-10-18 is Lunar month 8, day 27 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Shen day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-10-18 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 27 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Plant (栽种)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Grace (月恩), King's Day (王日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Six Rites (六仪), Golden Hall (金堂), Removing Spirit (除神), Golden Chest (金匮), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Five Separations (五离), Eight Specialization (八专)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Jia Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South 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.
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) | 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?
2025-10-18 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 27 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?
2025-10-18 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