Chinese almanac for April 27, 2025
Lunar Third Month, Day 30
Favourable
Setting up an altar, Moving the household altar, Betrothal gifts, Making agreements, Marriage, Opening a business, Signing contracts, Trading, Hanging a plaque, Consecration, Travel, Cleansing rites, Placing a bed, Planting, Buying property, Demolition, Building and repairs, Breaking ground
Avoid
Building a stove, Burial, Ancestral offerings, Encoffining
The day at a glance
- Clash
- Clashes with Monkey (Geng-Shen), Sha in the North
- Day guardian
- Arbiter of Fate (Yellow Path day)
- Day officer
- Open day
- Lunar mansion
- Star (Sun, Horse) · Inauspicious
- Nayin
- Fire in the Furnace
- Nine Star
- Six White (Metal)
- Fetus god
- Kitchen stove and furnace (outside, due south)
- Directions
- Joy: Southwest · Wealth: Southwest · Fortune: East
- Peng Zu taboos
- Bing days: do not repair the stove, or misfortune follows; Yin days: do not make offerings, or the spirits will not accept them
- Auspicious stars
- Yue Kong (Month Emptiness), Tian En (Heavenly Grace), Si Xiang (Four Ministers), Yang De (Yang Virtue), Wang Ri (King Day), Yi Ma (Travelling Horse), Tian Hou (Heavenly Empress), Shi Yang (Timely Yang), Sheng Qi (Vital Energy), Liu Yi (Six Ceremonies), Xu Shi (Continuing Lineage), Wu He (Five Unions), Si Ming (Arbiter of Fate), Ming Fei Dui (Paired Calling Cry)
- Inauspicious stars
- Yan Dui (Opposing Loathing), Zhao Yao (Ostentation), Xue Ji (Blood Taboo)
Seasonal sign: Turtledoves preen their feathers
The twelve double-hours
Wu-Zi · Azure Dragon (Yellow Path)
FavourableTravel, Taking up a post, Ancestral offerings, Thanking the gods, Seeking wealth
AvoidPraying for blessings, Praying for children
Ji-Chou · Bright Hall (Yellow Path)
FavourableMarriage, Travel, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Opening a business, Taking up a post, Placing a bed, Roofing, Building and repairs, Building a stove, Welcoming new household members, Seeking wealth
AvoidPraying for blessings, Ancestral offerings, Thanking the gods, Taoist rites
Geng-Yin · Heavenly Punishment (Black Path)
FavourableMarriage, Moving house, Trading, Moving into a new home, Opening a business, Praying for blessings, Burial, Praying for children
AvoidTaking up a post, Breaking ground, Lawsuits, Building and repairs
Xin-Mao · Vermilion Bird (Black Path)
FavourableMarriage, Travel, Moving house, Opening a business, Taking up a post, Burial, Building and repairs, Seeking wealth
AvoidNothing advised
Ren-Chen · Golden Casket (Yellow Path)
FavourableMarriage, Opening a business, Burial
AvoidTravel, Taking up a post, Praying for blessings, Ancestral offerings, Consecration, Taoist rites
Gui-Si · Heavenly Virtue (Yellow Path)
FavourableMarriage, Moving into a new home, Opening a business, Burial, Seeking wealth
AvoidTravel, Taking up a post, Praying for blessings, Ancestral offerings, Consecration, Taoist rites
Jia-Wu · White Tiger (Black Path)
FavourableMarriage, Travel, Trading, Opening a business, Praying for blessings, Placing a bed, Praying for children, Seeking wealth
AvoidNothing advised
Yi-Wei · Jade Hall (Yellow Path)
FavourableMarriage, Travel, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Opening a business, Praying for blessings, Placing a bed, Opening a granary, Roofing, Ancestral offerings, Building and repairs, Praying for children, Taoist rites
AvoidNone
Bing-Shen · Heavenly Prison (Black Path)
FavourableNone
AvoidNothing advised
Ding-You · Black Tortoise (Black Path)
FavourableMarriage, Trading, Moving into a new home, Opening a business, Praying for blessings, Placing a bed, Burial, Ancestral offerings, Praying for children, Seeking wealth
AvoidTravel, Taking up a post, Breaking ground, Building and repairs
Wu-Xu · Arbiter of Fate (Yellow Path)
FavourableMarriage, Travel, Trading, Opening a business, Placing a bed, Ancestral offerings, Building a stove, Seeking wealth
AvoidPraying for blessings, Boarding a boat, Praying for children
Ji-Hai · Hook Array (Black Path)
FavourableMarriage, Trading, Opening a business, Praying for blessings, Placing a bed, Ancestral offerings, Praying for children, Seeking wealth
AvoidTravel, Taking up a post, Building and repairs, Consecration
Almanac for April 2025
- 1Day 4Yellow Path
- 2Day 5
- 3Day 6Yellow Path
- 4Qingming Festival
- 5Day 8Yellow Path
- 6Day 9Yellow Path
- 7Day 10
- 8Day 11
- 9Day 12Yellow Path
- 10Day 13Yellow Path
- 11Day 14
- 12Day 15Yellow Path
- 13Day 16
- 14Day 17
- 15Day 18Yellow Path
- 16Day 19
- 17Day 20Yellow Path
- 18Day 21Yellow Path
- 19Day 22
- 20Grain Rain
- 21Day 24Yellow Path
- 22Day 25Yellow Path
- 23Day 26
- 24Day 27Yellow Path
- 25Day 28
- 26Day 29
- 27Day 30Yellow Path
- 28Fourth Month
- 29Day 2Yellow Path
- 30Day 3Yellow Path
This day clashes with the Monkey
A note for those born in the year of the Monkey: Yin and Shen both clash and punish, so friction is more direct; step away when emotions rise. See the forecast, lucky hours and lucky colour for all twelve signs.
How to read the almanac
What do the "favourable" and "avoid" lists mean?
The lists come from the traditional Chinese almanac (Tong Shu). They are derived from the day's stem and branch, its day officer and its symbolic stars, and name activities that tradition considers suitable or unsuitable that day, such as weddings, travel, groundbreaking or opening a business. Treat them as a cultural reference when planning, not a reason to abandon something important.
How do I read "clashes with Rooster, Sha in the West"?
The clash means the day's branch is opposite the branch of one zodiac sign. A Mao day clashes with You, so people born in the year of the Rooster are traditionally said to meet more change that day; the stem-branch in brackets is the pillar being clashed. "Sha in the West" means the day's sha spirit sits in the west, so tradition advises against groundbreaking or long journeys in that direction.
What is the difference between Yellow Path and Black Path days?
Twelve guardians take turns ruling each day. Azure Dragon, Bright Hall, Golden Casket, Heavenly Virtue, Jade Hall and Arbiter of Fate are Yellow Path; Heavenly Punishment, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Heavenly Prison, Black Tortoise and Hook Array are Black Path. Yellow Path days are traditionally seen as good for getting things done, and each of the twelve double-hours is classified the same way.
What are the twelve day officers?
Establish, Remove, Full, Balance, Stable, Initiate, Destruction, Danger, Success, Receive, Open and Close cycle through the solar months, one per day. Success and Open days are traditionally good for openings and signings, while Destruction and Close days are usually avoided for major events.
Which time zone does the almanac use?
Dates follow mainland China (Beijing time), and the lunar date, solar term and stems and branches all refer to that day. If you are elsewhere, check the corresponding Beijing date.
Pick dates by your own BaZi
The almanac is the same for everyone. Member date selection uses your own chart to suggest better days for interviews, signings, moving and travel, and explains why.
The lists, stars and hour ratings follow the traditional almanac. They are cultural content, for reference only.