Updated 2026-06-25
Is Today a Good Day to Cut your hair?
Today, 2026-06-25, in the Tibetan-Mongolian (zurkhai) tradition.
Today is the 11th lunar day. Cutting hair on it is traditionally said to lead "to gaining wisdom".
On a Metal day the tradition favours: protective rituals, equipment repair. and cautions against: buying sharp objects, conflict.
Upcoming favourable days
| 2026-06-25 | to gaining wisdom |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-27 | to happiness |
| 2026-06-28 | to prosperity and luck |
| 2026-06-29 | to good luck |
| 2026-07-04 | to meeting a good person |
| 2026-07-07 | to abundance of food |
Haircut by lunar day (all 30)
| 1st day | to shortened life |
|---|---|
| 2nd day | to illness and quarrels |
| 3rd day | to wealth |
| 4th day | to increased virtue |
| 5th day | to increased property |
| 6th day | to worsened appearance |
| 7th day | to quarrels and lawsuits |
| 8th day | to longevity |
| 9th day | to mild illness |
| 10th day | to joy |
| 11th day | to gaining wisdom |
| 12th day | to danger to life |
| 13th day | to happiness |
| 14th day | to prosperity and luck |
| 15th day | to good luck |
| 16th day | to obstacles |
| 17th day | to weakening eyesight |
| 18th day | to loss of property |
| 19th day | to meeting a good person |
| 20th day | to hunger and thirst |
| 21st day | to illness |
| 22nd day | to abundance of food |
| 23rd day | to prosperity |
| 24th day | to eye disease |
| 25th day | to weakening eyesight |
| 26th day | to peace |
| 27th day | to joy |
| 28th day | to quarrels |
| 29th day | to loss of vital energy |
| 30th day | to meeting an enemy |
Favourable & unfavourable activities by element
Each day's element shapes what it is traditionally good and poor for:
| Wood | ✓ taking office, planting trees, studying. ✗ logging, selling livestock. |
|---|---|
| Fire | ✓ crafts, sports, preparing medicine. ✗ laying foundations, starting large construction. |
| Earth | ✓ building a house, buying land, making deals. ✗ long-distance travel, digging earth. |
| Metal | ✓ protective rituals, equipment repair. ✗ buying sharp objects, conflict. |
| Water | ✓ starting treatment, traveling, trade. ✗ digging a well, moving house. |
Choosing a good day to cut your hair
Hair is cut on favourable lunar days — the 8th for longevity, the 14th for prosperity — and avoided on days that traditionally 'shorten life' (the 1st) or bring quarrels and loss. In zurkhai, timing an undertaking is a way of aligning it with the month's rhythm: the lunar day, the day's element and animal, the weekday and your own birth-sign all feed into the judgement — which is why two people can be given a different "good day" for the very same task. The reading above uses the day's element; the Zurkhai app adds your personal birth chart for a fuller answer. For a wedding, a long journey or a major move, many people still ask a zurkhai lama in person, who can weigh the full birth chart — year, month, day and hour.
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Traditional belief, recomputed daily — not advice. Confirm important timing with a qualified zurkhai lama.