Chinese Almanac for 2018-12-17
2018-12-17 is Lunar month 11, day 11 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Wei day in the Wu Xu (Dog) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2018-12-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 11 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Xu (Dog) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Dog |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Release water (放水)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Install a door (安门)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Essential Peace (要安)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Month Harm (月害), Four Strikes (四击), Repeat Day (复日), Water Dragon Contact (触水龙), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Ding Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2018-12-17 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 11 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?
2018-12-17 falls in the Wu Xu year, the year of the Dog.
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