Chinese Almanac for 2017-12-04
2017-12-04 is Lunar month 10, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Chou day in the Ding You (Rooster) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2017-12-04 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Rooster |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Install a door (安门)
- Move house (移徙)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Guarding Day (守日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Jade Palace (玉宇), Jade Hall (玉堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Nine Voids (九空), Great Havoc (大煞), Return Taboo (归忌), Lone Branch (孤辰)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Goat (Ji Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2017-12-04 corresponds to Lunar month 10, day 17 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?
2017-12-04 falls in the Ding You year, the year of the Rooster.
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