Chinese Almanac for 2026-05-17
2026-05-17 is Lunar month 4, day 1 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Mao day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-05-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 4, day 1 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Plant (栽种)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Move house (移徙)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay foundation stones (定磉)
- Build a warehouse (造仓)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Install a door (安门)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Mother's Granary (母仓), Yin Virtue (阴德), Hour's Yin (时阴), Vital Energy (生气), Universal Protection (普护), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Black Tortoise (元武)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Yi You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-05-17 corresponds to Lunar month 4, day 1 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?
2026-05-17 falls in the Bing Wu year, the year of the Horse.
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