Chinese Almanac for 2025-11-18

2025-11-18 is Lunar month 9, day 29 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Mao day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2025-11-18
Lunar date Lunar month 9, day 29
Year (Ganzhi) Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake)
Month (Ganzhi) Ding (Yin Fire) Hai (Pig)
Day (Ganzhi) Xin (Yin Metal) Mao (Rabbit)
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)
  • Relocate the household fire (出火)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Dismantle (拆卸)
  • Open for business (开市)
  • Trade (交易)
  • Sign a contract (立券)
  • Hang a plaque (挂匾)
  • Fell trees (伐木)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Move house (移徙)
  • Set up a bed (安床)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Plant (栽种)
  • Dig a well (掘井)
  • Acquire property (置产)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Yin Virtue (阴德), People's Day (民日), Triple Harmony (三合), Hour's Yin (时阴), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Dead Energy (死气), Black Tortoise (元武)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Rooster (Yi You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.

Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.

Auspicious directions

God of Joy (喜神) Southwest
God of Fortune (福神) Northwest
God of Wealth (财神) East
Tai Sui (太岁) Center
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) Northeast
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) South

What is today's lunar date?

2025-11-18 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 29 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?

2025-11-18 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