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2026-01-05 · Mon

Lunar year 2025, month 11, day 17 · Ji Mao Rabbit day

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Lunar date

Month 11, day 17

Day pillar

Ji Mao Rabbit

Zodiac year

Snake

Year pillar

Yi Si Snake

Clash animal

Rooster

Caution direction

West

Solar term

Minor Cold solar term

How to read this day

2026-01-05 is Lunar year 2025, month 11, day 17, carried by a Ji Mao Rabbit day pillar and a Earth day element. Read the favorable list as the day's supported activity lane, especially around business, contracts, money movement, or commitments. Read the caution list as a slower lane around repairs, renovation, or structural decisions. The Rooster clash and West Sha direction add traditional context for who or what may need a more deliberate approach.

Modern use scan

Is this date useful for common plans?

These are plain-English scans of the selected day's Favorable actions, Caution actions, Clash animal, and Caution direction.

Travel

Check details

No direct Favorable or Caution action match for trips, errands, commuting shifts, or movement-heavy plans. Check the detailed terms, Rooster clash, and West caution direction before treating it as a clear green light.

Moving

Use care

Home setup, cleaning, or living-space routines appear in Caution actions. For moving home, rearranging space, or setting up a living routine, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.

Wedding

Supported

Relationships, family plans, or formal agreements appear in Favorable actions. This supports marriage plans, formal relationship steps, or family-facing commitments, while the Rooster clash and West caution direction still deserve a quick check.

Business

Supported

Business, contracts, money movement, or commitments appear in Favorable actions. This supports business openings, hiring, cash movement, property, or commercial decisions, while the Rooster clash and West caution direction still deserve a quick check.

Renovation

Use care

Repairs, renovation, or structural decisions, home setup, cleaning, or living-space routines appear in Caution actions. For repair, construction, ground work, demolition, or structural home changes, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.

Signing

Supported

Business, contracts, money movement, or commitments, relationships, family plans, or formal agreements appear in Favorable actions. This supports contracts, agreements, negotiation, or formal promises, while the Rooster clash and West caution direction still deserve a quick check.

This scan summarizes common planning categories for the selected date. Always read it together with the detailed Favorable and Caution lists.

Favorable actions

The selected almanac source marks these activities as better supported for this date.

  • Open business
  • Trade or exchange
  • Sign contracts
  • Receive wealth or payment
  • Open a pond
  • Repair walls
  • Marriage
  • Betrothal gifts
  • Acquire livestock
  • Fishing or harvest from water
  • Set or move a bed
Source terms and meanings
  • Open business · 开市Exchange and commitment: traditionally related to business opening, contracts, hiring, property, or money movement.
  • Trade or exchange · 交易Exchange and commitment: traditionally related to business opening, contracts, hiring, property, or money movement.
  • Sign contracts · 立券Exchange and commitment: traditionally related to business opening, contracts, hiring, property, or money movement.
  • Receive wealth or payment · 纳财Exchange and commitment: traditionally related to business opening, contracts, hiring, property, or money movement.
  • Open a pond · 开池Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Repair walls · 补垣Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.
  • Marriage · 嫁娶Relationship or social rite: traditionally connected with agreements, family meetings, marriage customs, or formal bonds.
  • Betrothal gifts · 纳采Relationship or social rite: traditionally connected with agreements, family meetings, marriage customs, or formal bonds.
  • Acquire livestock · 纳畜Land, harvest, or livestock activity: traditionally tied to cultivation, animals, water, or resource handling.
  • Fishing or harvest from water · 取渔Land, harvest, or livestock activity: traditionally tied to cultivation, animals, water, or resource handling.
  • Set or move a bed · 安床Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.

Caution actions

The selected almanac source marks these activities for restraint or extra care.

  • Renovate or build
  • Raise a beam
  • Move into a home
  • Pray for blessings
  • Visit the sick
  • Dig a well
  • Break ground
  • Install doors
  • Burial
  • Set up a stove
Source terms and meanings
  • Renovate or build · 修造Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Raise a beam · 上梁Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Move into a home · 入宅Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.
  • Pray for blessings · 祈福Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
  • Visit the sick · 探病A sensitive matter cue: traditionally asks for extra care around conflict, illness visits, or containment.
  • Dig a well · 掘井Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Break ground · 动土Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Install doors · 安门Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.
  • Burial · 安葬Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.
  • Set up a stove · 作灶Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.

Clash explanation (Chong / 冲)

The clash animal is Rooster. In traditional almanac reading, people whose zodiac is Rooster may use this as a reminder to slow down around high-stakes plans, formal commitments, or conflict-prone conversations. It is a symbolic caution cue, not a prediction of harm.

Caution direction (Sha / 煞)

West is the day's caution direction. Traditionally, Sha direction is treated as a direction to handle with extra care for major starts, movement, renovation, or ceremonial activity. For everyday use, read it as a planning note, not as a rule that ordinary life must stop.

More date details

Year pillar

Yi Si Snake

Day pillar

Ji Mao Rabbit

Day element

Earth

Lunar zodiac

Snake

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