Chinese Almanac for 2024-11-17
2024-11-17 is Lunar month 10, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi You day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-11-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- None (无)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Mother's Granary (母仓), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Sacred Heart (圣心), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Five Separations (五离), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Ji Mao 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.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-11-17 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?
2024-11-17 falls in the Jia Chen year, the year of the Dragon.
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