Chinese Almanac for 2018-01-05
2018-01-05 is Lunar month 11, day 19 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding You day in the Ding You (Rooster) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2018-01-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 19 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Rooster |
| Solar term today | Minor Cold |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Great Havoc (大煞), Five Separations (五离), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Xin Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2018-01-05 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 19 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?
2018-01-05 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