Chinese Lunar Calendar — 2025-12-08

Hourly Luck

Today's lucky hours — the twelve two-hour periods with day pillar, Twelve Deities on duty, and auspicious / neutral / inauspicious rating.

Daily Auspicious Directions

Today's wealth (Cai Shen), joy (Xi Shen) and noble (Gui Shen) directions, with directions to avoid clearly flagged.

• Joy Star (Xi Shen)

  Southwest

• Noble Star (Gui Shen)

  South

• Wealth Star (Cai Shen)

  East

• Auspicious Gate (Ji Men)

  North

• Life Gate (Sheng Men)Avoid

  Northwest

• Open Gate (Kai Men)Avoid

  Northeast

• Malefic Star (E Shen)Avoid

  Northeast

• Five Ghosts (Wu Gui)Avoid

  Northwest

• Ending Gate (Si Men)Avoid

  Southeast

Today's Twenty-Eight Mansions (Xiu), Nayin Five Elements, and Twelve Day Officers — traditional date-selection references.

Fetal Spirit Position (Tai Shen)

Auspicious Activities (Yi)

• Ritual bathing▾

  Ritual bathing and cleansing.

• Clothes shopping or tailoring▾

  Shopping for clothes or having new clothes tailored.

• Building embankments▾

  Building flood barriers or sea embankments.

• Patching walls▾

  Patching or repairing walls and fences.

• Sealing holes▾

  Sealing holes, cracks, or insect nests.

Inauspicious Activities (Ji)

• Praying for blessings▾

  Praying for blessings at a temple or shrine.

• Praying for children▾

  Praying to deities for children or descendants.

• Receiving an appointment▾

  Receiving a formal appointment, title, or commendation.

• Submitting proposals▾

  Presenting proposals, plans, or petitions to a decision-maker.

• Inauguration ceremony▾

  Inauguration into an official title or position.

• Visiting friends and family▾

  Meeting and socialising with family and friends.

• Travel▾

  Travelling or going on a trip.

• Starting a new role▾

  Starting a new job or taking up an official appointment.

• Site inspection▾

  Supervisory visit or on-site inspection by a superior.

• Marriage arrangements▾

  Arranging a marriage — discussing betrothal, gifts, and the wedding.

• Engagement▾

  Engagement formalities and exchanging betrothal gifts.

• Weddings▾

  An auspicious day for wedding ceremonies.

• Adopting a child▾

  Formally adopting a child.

• Moving home▾

  Moving to a new home, including rental moves.

• Setting up the bed▾

  Setting up a new bed or sleeping arrangement.

• Cleansing the home▾

  Washing and clearing the home to dispel misfortune.

• Seeking medical treatment▾

  Seeking medical treatment for illness or undergoing surgery.

• Eye treatment▾

  Treating eye conditions.

• Acupuncture▾

  Receiving acupuncture treatment.

• Groundbreaking for construction▾

  Breaking ground for a new building or major renovation.

• Raising pillars and beams▾

  Raising the main pillars and structural beams during construction.

• Brewing▾

  Brewing alcohol or making fermented condiments.

• Business opening▾

  Grand opening of a business, shop, or new venture.

• Withdrawing from storage▾

  Taking goods or grain out of storage for use or sale.

• Shipping goods▾

  Dispatching or delivering goods for sale.

• Buying property▾

  Purchasing a completed property.

• Digging drains▾

  Digging drains, ditches, or irrigation channels.

• Digging wells▾

  Digging a well or installing a water-supply system.

• Breaking ground (for burial)▾

  Breaking ground specifically for a burial — distinct from construction groundbreaking.

• Burial▾

  Performing a burial ceremony.

• Exhumation for reburial▾

  Exhuming bones for secondary burial (bone-washing rites).

Auspicious Stars

• Heavenly Grace
• Reigning Day

Inauspicious Stars

• Roaming Misfortune
• Blood Branch
• Volumous Day
• Red Phoenix