Sunday, September 28, 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
Yang Metal Rat
Month乙Yǐ Yǒu
Day Officer
The level day: in the twelve-day cycle it stands for balance and the everyday.
Day God
Director of Fate, a yellow-path (黄道) god: in tradition the keeper of the register of lives.
宜Favorable
Traditional almanacs add: other matters not advised.
忌Unfavorable
Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)
Traditional sayings, shown for interest. They don't change the lists above.
- 庚不经络，织机虚张Traditional saying: on 庚 (Gēng) days, don't set up the warp on a loom; it was said to leave the loom running empty.
- 子不问卜，自惹祸殃Traditional saying: on 子 (Zǐ, Rat) days, don't consult a diviner; it was said to bring misfortune on yourself.
Shen Sha
Auspicious
Inauspicious
Daily Clash
This day clashes with the Horse; avoid the South 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
Bì Shàng Tǔ · Wall Earth
EarthLunar Mansion
Emptiness, one of the seven mansions of the Black Tortoise in the north; inauspicious 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