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2026-01-31 · Sat

Lunar year 2025, month 12, day 13 · Yi Si Snake day

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Lunar date

Month 12, day 13

Day pillar

Yi Si Snake

Zodiac year

Snake

Year pillar

Yi Si Snake

Clash animal

Pig

Caution direction

East

How to read this day

2026-01-31 is Lunar year 2025, month 12, day 13, carried by a Yi Si Snake day pillar and a Wood day element. Read the favorable list as the day's supported activity lane, especially around relationships, family plans, or formal agreements. Read the caution list as a slower lane around business, contracts, money movement, or commitments and travel, errands, or movement-heavy plans. The Pig clash and East Sha direction add traditional context for who or what may need a more deliberate approach.

Modern use scan

Is this date useful for common plans?

These are plain-English scans of the selected day's Favorable actions, Caution actions, Clash animal, and Caution direction.

Travel

Use care

Travel, errands, or movement-heavy plans appear in Caution actions. For trips, errands, commuting shifts, or movement-heavy plans, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.

Moving

Supported

Home setup, cleaning, or living-space routines appear in Favorable actions. This supports moving home, rearranging space, or setting up a living routine, while the Pig clash and East caution direction still deserve a quick check.

Wedding

Supported

Relationships, family plans, or formal agreements appear in Favorable actions. This supports marriage plans, formal relationship steps, or family-facing commitments, while the Pig clash and East caution direction still deserve a quick check.

Business

Use care

Business, contracts, money movement, or commitments appear in Caution actions. For business openings, hiring, cash movement, property, or commercial decisions, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.

Renovation

Supported

Repairs, renovation, or structural decisions appear in Favorable actions. This supports repair, construction, ground work, demolition, or structural home changes, while the Pig clash and East caution direction still deserve a quick check.

Signing

Supported

Relationships, family plans, or formal agreements appear in Favorable actions. This supports contracts, agreements, negotiation, or formal promises, while the Pig clash and East caution direction still deserve a quick check.

This scan summarizes common planning categories for the selected date. Always read it together with the detailed Favorable and Caution lists.

Favorable actions

The selected almanac source marks these activities as better supported for this date.

  • Marriage
  • Make an agreement
  • Betrothal gifts
  • Meet family or friends
  • Ancestral or ritual offerings
  • Install machinery
  • Relocation
  • Move into a home
  • Home structure work
  • Set or move a bed
  • Lay foundations
  • Set foundation stones
  • Place incense
  • Move household fire
  • Hang a plaque
  • Dismantle
  • Acquire property
Source terms and meanings
  • Marriage · 嫁娶Relationship or social rite: traditionally connected with agreements, family meetings, marriage customs, or formal bonds.
  • Make an agreement · 订盟Relationship or social rite: traditionally connected with agreements, family meetings, marriage customs, or formal bonds.
  • Betrothal gifts · 纳采Relationship or social rite: traditionally connected with agreements, family meetings, marriage customs, or formal bonds.
  • Meet family or friends · 会亲友Relationship or social rite: traditionally connected with agreements, family meetings, marriage customs, or formal bonds.
  • Ancestral or ritual offerings · 祭祀Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
  • Install machinery · 安机械Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Relocation · 移徙Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.
  • Move into a home · 入宅Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.
  • Home structure work · 盖屋Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Set or move a bed · 安床Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.
  • Lay foundations · 起基Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Set foundation stones · 定磉Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Place incense · 安香Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
  • Move household fire · 出火A traditional Huang Li item preserved from the selected record; MingSez keeps the source term visible when a narrower meaning is not yet validated.
  • Hang a plaque · 挂匾A traditional Huang Li item preserved from the selected record; MingSez keeps the source term visible when a narrower meaning is not yet validated.
  • Dismantle · 拆卸Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Acquire property · 置产Exchange and commitment: traditionally related to business opening, contracts, hiring, property, or money movement.

Caution actions

The selected almanac source marks these activities for restraint or extra care.

  • Open business
  • Travel
  • Burial
  • Funeral procession
Source terms and meanings
  • Open business · 开市Exchange and commitment: traditionally related to business opening, contracts, hiring, property, or money movement.
  • Travel · 出行Movement and transition: traditionally related to travel, relocation, taking up a role, or changing place.
  • Burial · 安葬Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.
  • Funeral procession · 行丧Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.

Clash explanation (Chong / 冲)

The clash animal is Pig. In traditional almanac reading, people whose zodiac is Pig may use this as a reminder to slow down around high-stakes plans, formal commitments, or conflict-prone conversations. It is a symbolic caution cue, not a prediction of harm.

Caution direction (Sha / 煞)

East is the day's caution direction. Traditionally, Sha direction is treated as a direction to handle with extra care for major starts, movement, renovation, or ceremonial activity. For everyday use, read it as a planning note, not as a rule that ordinary life must stop.

More date details

Year pillar

Yi Si Snake

Day pillar

Yi Si Snake

Day element

Wood

Lunar zodiac

Snake

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