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Chinese calendar, 17 November 2026
17 November 2026 is lunar month 10, day 9, 2026, the Fire Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Goat. 13 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; first quarter.
Tuesday
November 2026
Lunar date
10th Month · 9th Day
二〇二六年十月初九
Year of the
Fire is both the year element and the Horse’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.
Moon phase
19:48 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 2026-11-17
The daily almanac & observances
乙未 Yin Wood Goat
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Goat.
Read this stem against your Day Master →Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.
宜 Traditionally suitable
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 10 · 30 days
9 November 2026–8 December 2026. 21 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 2026 · In parts of northern China people eat dumplings, while Shanghai and some southern communities favour tangyuan; other foods and rites vary locally.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
November 2026 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 9/24
New moon
Lunar 10/1
First quarter
Lunar 10/9
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
The surrounding month
Explore the days around 17 November 2026
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Calendar terms explained
This day in the traditional cycles
Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.
- Day pillar 日柱
- Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— this date’s position in the repeating 60-day stem–branch cycle.Hidden stems are stems conventionally contained in the day pillar’s earthly branch. Primary is the main layer; middle and residual are secondary layers.
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (middle)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Earth Pig · 己亥— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Horse · 丙午— Fire reinforces Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Tail · 尾— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Tiger creature (虎) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Complete · 成— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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