Chinese Almanac for 2025-11-05
2025-11-05 is Lunar month 9, day 16 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Yin day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-11-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 16 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yang Virtue (阳德), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Hour's Yin (时阴), Five Harmony (五合), Kitchen God (司命)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Dead Energy (死气), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Repeat Day (复日), Lone Branch (孤辰)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Ren Shen 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.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-11-05 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 16 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?
2025-11-05 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