Chinese Almanac for 2023-07-17
2023-07-17 is Lunar month 5, day 30 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Zi day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-07-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 30 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Trim nails (整手足甲)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Install a door (安门)
- Plant (栽种)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Golden Hall (金堂), Untying Spirit (解神), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Minor Depletion (小耗), Four Taboos (四忌), Seven Birds (七鸟), Five Voids (五虚), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Return Taboo (归忌), Water Dragon Contact (触水龙), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Geng Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Zi (Rat) day: traditionally, diviners are not consulted, as it is said doing so brings calamity on oneself.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-07-17 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 30 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?
2023-07-17 falls in the Gui Mao year, the year of the Rabbit.
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