Chinese almanac for February 2025
Solar terms this month: Start of Spring (Li Chun, 立春), 3 February at 22:10; Rain Water (Yu Shui, 雨水), 18 February at 18:06 (Malaysia time).
Sat 1 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 4 · Metal Ox (Xin Chou, 辛丑) · Establish · black path · clashes Goat (羊)
Good for: Offerings and worship (祭祀), Training cattle and horses (教牛马), Building animal pens (造畜稠), Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Nothing else (馀事勿取)
Sun 2 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 5 · Water Tiger (Ren Yin, 壬寅) · Remove · yellow path · clashes Monkey (猴)
Good for: Weddings (嫁娶), Consecrating a statue (开光), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Moving the altar out before works (出火), Demolition (拆卸), Building and repairs (修造) and more
Mon 3 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 6 · Water Rabbit (Gui Mao, 癸卯) · Remove · black path · clashes Rooster (鸡)
Good for: Weddings (嫁娶), Setting up the bed (安床), Consecrating a statue (开光), Travel (出行), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Breaking ground (动土) and more
Tue 4 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 7 · Wood Dragon (Jia Chen, 甲辰) · Full · yellow path · clashes Dog (狗)
Good for: Weddings (嫁娶), Consecrating a statue (开光), Praying for children (求嗣), Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Setting up the bed (安床), Raising livestock (牧养) and more
Wed 5 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 8 · Wood Snake (Yi Si, 乙巳) · Balance · yellow path · clashes Pig (猪)
Good for: Building a stove (作灶), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Levelling roads (平治道涂)
Thu 6 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 9 · Fire Horse (Bing Wu, 丙午) · Stable · black path · clashes Rat (鼠)
Good for: Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Ritual bathing (沐浴)
Fri 7 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 10 · Fire Goat (Ding Wei, 丁未) · Initiate · yellow path · clashes Ox (牛)
Good for: Weddings (嫁娶), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Travel (出行), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Moving the altar out before works (出火) and more
Sat 8 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 11 · Earth Monkey (Wu Shen, 戊申) · Destruction · black path · clashes Tiger (虎)
Good for: Offerings and worship (祭祀), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Medical treatment (治病), Pulling down a house (破屋), Knocking down walls (坏垣), Cleaning the house (扫舍)
Sun 9 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 12 · Earth Rooster (Ji You, 己酉) · Danger · black path · clashes Rabbit (兔)
Good for: Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Consecrating a statue (开光), Moving the altar out before works (出火), Travel (出行) and more
Mon 10 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 13 · Metal Dog (Geng Xu, 庚戌) · Success · yellow path · clashes Dragon (龙)
Good for: Making nets (结网), Placing the body in the coffin (入殓), Taking off mourning clothes (除服), Putting on mourning clothes (成服), Moving a coffin (移柩), Burials (安葬) and more
Tue 11 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 14 · Metal Pig (Xin Hai, 辛亥) · Receive · black path · clashes Snake (蛇)
Good for: Moving house (移徙), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Consecrating a statue (开光), Praying for blessings (祈福), Travel (出行), Cleansing and clearing out (解除) and more
Wed 12 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 15 · Water Rat (Ren Zi, 壬子) · Open · yellow path · clashes Horse (马)
Good for: Weddings (嫁娶), Consecrating a statue (开光), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Breaking ground (动土) and more
Thu 13 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 16 · Water Ox (Gui Chou, 癸丑) · Close · yellow path · clashes Goat (羊)
Good for: Offerings and worship (祭祀), Hanging the bridal curtains (合帐), Cutting cloth for clothes (裁衣), Setting up a loom (经络), Felling trees (伐木), Making beams (作梁) and more
Fri 14 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 17 · Wood Tiger (Jia Yin, 甲寅) · Establish · black path · clashes Monkey (猴)
Good for: Cutting cloth for clothes (裁衣), Felling trees (伐木), Making beams (作梁), Receiving money (纳财), Trading (交易), Signing contracts (立券)
Sat 15 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 18 · Wood Rabbit (Yi Mao, 乙卯) · Remove · black path · clashes Rooster (鸡)
Good for: Weddings (嫁娶), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Consecrating a statue (开光), Travel (出行) and more
Sun 16 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 19 · Fire Dragon (Bing Chen, 丙辰) · Full · yellow path · clashes Dog (狗)
Good for: Weddings (嫁娶), Coming-of-age rites (冠笄), Sending betrothal gifts (纳采), Travel (出行), Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Raising the roof beam (上梁) and more
Mon 17 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 20 · Fire Snake (Ding Si, 丁巳) · Balance · yellow path · clashes Pig (猪)
Good for: Plastering walls (修饰垣墙), Levelling roads (平治道涂), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Nothing else (馀事勿取)
Tue 18 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 21 · Earth Horse (Wu Wu, 戊午) · Stable · black path · clashes Rat (鼠)
Good for: Making carts and tools (造车器), Sending betrothal gifts (纳采), Making pledges and agreements (订盟), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣) and more
Wed 19 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 22 · Earth Goat (Ji Wei, 己未) · Initiate · yellow path · clashes Ox (牛)
Good for: Breaking ground (动土), Placing the body in the coffin (入殓), Weddings (嫁娶), Moving a coffin (移柩), Burials (安葬), Breaking ground for a grave (破土)
Thu 20 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 23 · Metal Monkey (Geng Shen, 庚申) · Destruction · black path · clashes Tiger (虎)
Good for: Seeing a doctor (求医), Medical treatment (治病), Pulling down a house (破屋), Knocking down walls (坏垣), Nothing else (馀事勿取)
Fri 21 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 24 · Metal Rooster (Xin You, 辛酉) · Danger · black path · clashes Rabbit (兔)
Good for: Offerings and worship (祭祀), Taoist fasting rites (斋醮), Ritual bathing (沐浴), Preparing one’s own grave (开生坟), Taking off mourning clothes (除服), Putting on mourning clothes (成服) and more
Sat 22 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 25 · Water Dog (Ren Xu, 壬戌) · Success · yellow path · clashes Dragon (龙)
Good for: Offerings and worship (祭祀), Sealing holes (塞穴), Making nets (结网), Breaking ground for a grave (破土), Thanking the earth after building (谢土), Burials (安葬) and more
Sun 23 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 26 · Water Pig (Gui Hai, 癸亥) · Receive · black path · clashes Snake (蛇)
Good for: Offerings and worship (祭祀), Ritual bathing (沐浴), Haircuts (理发), Building a stove (作灶), Making nets (结网), Planting (栽种)
Mon 24 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 27 · Wood Rat (Jia Zi, 甲子) · Open · yellow path · clashes Horse (马)
Good for: Weddings (嫁娶), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Consecrating a statue (开光), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Travel (出行) and more
Tue 25 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 28 · Wood Ox (Yi Chou, 乙丑) · Close · yellow path · clashes Goat (羊)
Good for: Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Buying livestock (纳畜), Placing the body in the coffin (入殓), Opening a grave for reburial (启钻) and more
Wed 26 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 29 · Fire Tiger (Bing Yin, 丙寅) · Establish · black path · clashes Monkey (猴)
Good for: Consecrating a statue (开光), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Felling trees (伐木), Raising pillars (竖柱), Raising the roof beam (上梁), Trading (交易) and more
Thu 27 Feb · 1st lunar month, day 30 · Fire Rabbit (Ding Mao, 丁卯) · Remove · black path · clashes Rooster (鸡)
Good for: Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Consecrating a statue (开光), Weddings (嫁娶), Travel (出行) and more
Fri 28 Feb · 2nd lunar month, day 1 · Earth Dragon (Wu Chen, 戊辰) · Full · yellow path · clashes Dog (狗)
Good for: Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Coming-of-age rites (冠笄), Setting up the bed (安床), Installing machinery (安机械), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福) and more
The good-for and avoid lists come from the open-source lunar calendar library (6tail), whose author built them from a popular Chinese calendar website’s data. Almanacs differ on these lists, and unlike the rest of this site they are not quoted from a classical text. How the rest is worked out
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