Chinese Almanac for 2026-11-17
2026-11-17 is Lunar month 10, day 9 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Wei day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-11-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 9 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Wei (Goat) |
| 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)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Travel (出行)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Six Rites (六仪), Blessing Birth (福生), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Four Strikes (四击), Departure and Loss (往亡)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Ji Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-11-17 corresponds to Lunar month 10, day 9 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?
2026-11-17 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