Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Welcome to the Daily Almanac. This traditional Chinese calendar tells you which activities are favorable or unfavorable on each day, based on celestial stems, earthly branches, and classical star systems. The almanac is a traditional reference tool, not a guarantee of outcomes.
Day Pillar
Yin Wood Pig
Month甲Jiǎ Shēn
Day Officer
The level day: in the twelve-day cycle it stands for balance and the everyday.
Day God
Hook Star, a black-path (黑道) god: in tradition a sign of entanglement and delay.
宜Favorable
忌Unfavorable
Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)
Traditional sayings, shown for interest. They don't change the lists above.
- 乙不栽植，千株不长Traditional saying: on 乙 (Yǐ) days, don't plant; it was said to keep a thousand seedlings from growing.
- 亥不嫁娶，不利新郎Traditional saying: on 亥 (Hài, Pig) days, don't marry; it was said to bring bad luck to the groom.
Shen Sha
Inauspicious
Daily Clash
This day clashes with the Snake; avoid the West direction.
Tai Sui (Year)
Tai Sui sits in the South for the year, opposing the North. Traditionally, almanacs advise against major construction, ground-breaking or burial in either direction until the next 立春 (Lichun).
Na Yin
Shān Tóu Huǒ · Mountaintop Fire
FireLunar Mansion
Wall, one of the seven mansions of the Black Tortoise in the north; auspicious in the traditional count.
Lucky and unlucky hours
Yellow-path (黄道) hours are lucky and black-path (黑道) hours unlucky, by the traditional day-god cycle. ★ marks the noble-person hours for this day.
Almanac data is derived from classical formulas and is for reference only. Do not use as the sole basis for medical, legal, or financial decisions. Disclaimer