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2026-02-04 · Wed

Lunar year 2025, month 12, day 17 · Ji You Rooster day

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Lunar date

Month 12, day 17

Day pillar

Ji You Rooster

Zodiac year

Snake

Year pillar

Yi Si Snake

Clash animal

Rabbit

Caution direction

East

Solar term

Beginning of Spring solar term

How to read this day

2026-02-04 is Lunar year 2025, month 12, day 17, carried by a Ji You Rooster day pillar and a Earth day element. Read the favorable list as the day's supported activity lane, especially around quiet reflection, restraint, or symbolic reset. Read the caution list as a slower lane around relationships, family plans, or formal agreements and home setup, cleaning, or living-space routines. The Rabbit clash and East 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

Supported

Travel, errands, or movement-heavy plans appear in Favorable actions. This supports trips, errands, commuting shifts, or movement-heavy plans, while the Rabbit clash and East caution direction still deserve a quick check.

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

Use care

Relationships, family plans, or formal agreements appear in Caution actions. For marriage plans, formal relationship steps, or family-facing commitments, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.

Business

Check details

No direct Favorable or Caution action match for business openings, hiring, cash movement, property, or commercial decisions. Check the detailed terms, Rabbit clash, and East caution direction before treating it as a clear green light.

Renovation

Supported

Repairs, renovation, or structural decisions appear in Favorable actions. This supports repair, construction, ground work, demolition, or structural home changes, while the Rabbit clash and East caution direction still deserve a quick check.

Signing

Check details

No direct Favorable or Caution action match for contracts, agreements, negotiation, or formal promises. Check the detailed terms, Rabbit clash, and East caution direction before treating it as a clear green light.

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.

  • Ancestral or ritual offerings
  • Pray for blessings
  • Pray for children
  • Consecrate or open light
  • Move household fire
  • Travel
  • Dismantle
  • Renovate or build
  • Break ground
  • Move into a home
  • Relocation
  • Raise a beam
  • Hang a plaque
  • Open a pond
  • Encoffining rites
  • Burial
  • Burial ground work
  • Open a burial site
Source terms and meanings
  • Ancestral or ritual offerings · 祭祀Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
  • Pray for blessings · 祈福Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
  • Pray for children · 求嗣Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
  • Consecrate or open light · 开光Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
  • Move household fire · 出火A traditional Huang Li item preserved from the selected record; MingSez keeps the source term visible when a narrower meaning is not yet validated.
  • Travel · 出行Movement and transition: traditionally related to travel, relocation, taking up a role, or changing place.
  • Dismantle · 拆卸Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Renovate or build · 修造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.
  • Move into a home · 入宅Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.
  • Relocation · 移徙Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.
  • Raise a beam · 上梁Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Hang a plaque · 挂匾A traditional Huang Li item preserved from the selected record; MingSez keeps the source term visible when a narrower meaning is not yet validated.
  • Open a pond · 开池Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Encoffining rites · 入殓Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.
  • Burial · 安葬Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.
  • Burial ground work · 破土Construction or repair timing: traditionally used for physical structures, ground work, or major household setup.
  • Open a burial site · 启钻Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.

Caution actions

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

  • Marriage
  • Set up a stove
  • Set or move a bed
Source terms and meanings
  • Marriage · 嫁娶Relationship or social rite: traditionally connected with agreements, family meetings, marriage customs, or formal bonds.
  • Set up a stove · 作灶Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.
  • Set or move a bed · 安床Household timing: traditionally connected with settling, arranging, cleaning, or adjusting the living space.

Clash explanation (Chong / 冲)

The clash animal is Rabbit. In traditional almanac reading, people whose zodiac is Rabbit 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)

East 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 You Rooster

Day element

Earth

Lunar zodiac

Snake

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