Chinese Almanac for 2026-10-17
2026-10-17 is Lunar month 9, day 8 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Zi day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-10-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 8 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open for business (开市)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Travel (出行)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Break ground (动土)
- Install a door (安门)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Hour's Virtue (时德), People's Day (民日), Heaven's Talisman (天符), Blessing Virtue (福德), Universal Protection (普护)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Great Havoc (大煞), Return Taboo (归忌), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Wu Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
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) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-10-17 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 8 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?
2026-10-17 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