Chinese Almanac for 2017-01-17
2017-01-17 is Lunar month 12, day 20 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Chen day in the Bing Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2017-01-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 20 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Level roads (平治道涂)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Open a warehouse (开仓)
- Sell goods (出货财)
- Build a boat (造船)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Visit the sick (探病)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Four Images (四相), Heavenly Horse (天马)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
River Chief (河魁), Fatal Star (致死), Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Wu Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2017-01-17 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 20 on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.
What should be avoided on this day?
Traditional almanac sources list the items under Inauspicious for (忌) above as activities best avoided on this day.
Which zodiac year is this day in?
2017-01-17 falls in the Bing Shen year, the year of the Monkey.
Solar terms: astronomical calculation. Daily do's and don'ts, auspicious/inauspicious spirits, clashes, and Peng Zu's taboos: Xieji Bianfangshu (协纪辨方书) tradition, as encoded in lunar-typescript · Last updated 2026-09-11