Monday, December 15, 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 Earth Horse
Month戊子Wù Zǐ
Day Officer
The breaking day: the day's branch clashes with the month's, the sharpest conflict in the twelve-day cycle.
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
Traditional almanacs add: most matters not advised.
Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)
Traditional sayings, shown for interest. They don't change the lists above.
- 戊不受田，田主不祥Traditional saying: on 戊 (Wù) days, don't take on farmland; it was said to bring misfortune to its owner.
- 午不苫盖，屋主更张Traditional saying: on 午 (Wǔ, Horse) days, don't thatch a roof; it was said to make the house change hands.
Shen Sha
Inauspicious
Daily Clash
This day clashes with the Rat; avoid the North 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
Tiān Shàng Huǒ · Heavenly Fire
FireLunar Mansion
Heart, one of the seven mansions of the Azure Dragon in the east; 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