Auspicious Wedding Dates 2017/2018, Lucky Marriage Date, Month, Year

Everyone hope their wedding ceremony goes smoothly and also they could enjoy a happy life after marriage. Choose an auspicious date, month and year for wedding is very important in Chinese culture. By choosing a good date, you will be blessed with good luck in marriage. Hereunder are auspicious months and wedding dates in each month of 2017 and 2018 as well as years you should avoid based on the Chinese almanac calendar.

Before choosing an auspicious date for wedding, you’d better choose an auspicious year and month. Please check the following table to get the most auspicious two months for your zodiac (based on the bride’s zodiac) and the years you’d better avoid.

Zodiac Sign	The Most Auspicious Lunar Month	The 2nd Most Auspicious Lunar Month	Years Should Avoid
Zodiac Sign	The Most Auspicious Lunar Month	The 2nd Most Auspicious Lunar Month	For Female	For Male
Rat	June	January	Year of Rabbit	Year of Sheep
Ox	December	July	Year of Tiger	Year of Monkey
Tiger	May	April	Year of Ox	Year of Rooster
Rabbit	November	October	Year of Rat	Year of Dog
Dragon	February	March	Year of Pig	Year of Pig
Snake	August	September	Year of Dog	Year of Rat
Horse	January	June	Year of Rooster	Year of Ox
Sheep	July	December	Year of Monkey	Year of Tiger
Monkey	April	May	Year of Sheep	Year of Rabbit
Rooster	October	November	Year of Horse	Year of Dragon
Dog	March	February	Year of Snake	Year of Snake
Pig	September	August	Year of Dragon	Year of Horse

Related Reading: Auspicious Years to Get Married for 12 Zodiac Signs

Other customs in China when choosing the year for wedding:

1. Avoid the year without Spring: Chinese people usually think it’s inauspicious to get married in the years without Spring. That means if the year doesn’t have the Start of Spring day which usually happens on Feb. 4th, you’d better avoid the year as people think you may become a widow and has few chance of getting a baby after marriage. 2016 (year of the Monkey), 2019 (year of the Pig), 2021(year of the Ox), 2024 (year of the Dragon), 2027 (year of the Sheep) are years without Spring.

2. Avoid your Ben Ming Nian: There is also a custom that it’s inauspicious to get married in one’s Ben Ming Nina (the zodiac year of the person). So, you’d better advance it to the previous year or postpone it to the next year.

Read more about: How to Choose an Auspicious Wedding Date?

Note:
1. Clash XX, means the people under the zodiac sign mentions should avoid getting married on the day. Don’t know you Chinese zodiac sign? Please check from Chinese Zodiac Page.
2. You can click the Month link in the following table to get auspicious hours of the day by clicking the definite date.

Month	Auspicious Wedding Dates in 2017
January	2nd (Clash Sheep), 6th (Clash Pig), 7th Sat. (Clash Rat), 9th (Clash Tiger), 15th Sun. (Clash Monkey), 16th (Clash Rooster), 18th (Clash Pig), 23rd (Clash Dragon), 28th Sat.(Clash Rooster), 29th Sun. (Clash Dog), 31st (Clash Rat)
February	6th (Clash Horse), 9th (Clash Rooster), 12th Sun. (Clash Rat), 13th (Clash Ox), 18th Sat.(Clash Horse), 24th (Clash Rat), 25th Sat. (Clash Ox), 27th (Clash Rabbit)
March	2nd (Clash Horse), 5th Sun. (Clash Rooster), 8th (Clash Rat), 9th (Clash Ox), 10th (Clash Tiger), 15th (Clash Sheep), 20th (Clash Rat), 21st (Clash Ox), 24th (Clash Dragon), 26th Sun. (Clash Horse), 29th (Clash Rooster)
April	1st Sat. (Clash Rat), 2nd Sun. (Clash Ox), 9th Sun. (Clash Monkey), 12th (Clash Pig), 13th (Clash Rat), 21st (Clash Monkey), 25th (Clash Rat)
May	3rd (Clash Monkey), 5th (Clash Dog), 7th Sun. (Clash Rat), 9th (Clash Tiger), 11th (Clash Dragon), 13th Sat. (Clash Horse), 16th (Clash Rooster), 17th (Clash Dog), 19th (Clash Rat), 20th Sat. (Clash Ox), 23rd (Clash Dragon), 28th Sun. (Clash Rooster), 31st (Clash Rat)
June	2nd (Clash Tiger), 3rd Sat. (Clash Rabbit), 4th (Clash Dragon), 10th Sat. (Clash Dog), 11th Sun. (Clash Pig), 13th (Clash Ox), 16th (Clash Dragon), 19th (Clash Sheep), 23rd (Clash Pig), 25th Sun. (Clash Ox), 26th (Clash Tiger), 27th (Clash Rabbit)
July	1st Sat. (Clash Sheep), 4th (Clash Dog), 7th (Clash Ox), 9th Sun. (Clash Rabbit), 10th (Clash Dragon), 14th (Clash Monkey), 15th Sat. (Clash Rooster), 16th Sun. (Clash Dog), 17th (Clash Pig), 26th (Clash Monkey), 29th Sat. (Clash Pig)
August	1st (Clash Tiger), 2nd (Clash Rabbit), 3rd (Clash Dragon), 8th (Clash Rooster), 10th (Clash Pig), 11th (Clash Rat), 13th Sun. (Clash Tiger), 15th (Clash Dragon), 17th (Clash Horse), 21st (Clash Dog), 22nd (Clash Pig), 23rd (Clash Rat), 24th (Clash Ox), 25th (Clash Tiger), 27th Sun. (Clash Dragon), 29th (Clash Horse)
September	1st (Clash Rooster), 3rd Sun. (Clash Pig), 4th (Clash Rat), 5th (Clash Ox), 6th (Clash Tiger), 8th (Clash Dragon), 14th (Clash Dog), 15th (Clash Pig), 20th (Clash Dragon), 23rd Sat. (Clash Sheep), 27th (Clash Pig), 28th (Clash Rat), 30th Sat. (Clash Tiger)
October	5th (Clash Sheep), 10th (Clash Rat), 12th (Clash Tiger), 13th (Clash Rabbit), 19th (Clash Rooster), 22nd Sun. (Clash Rat), 24th (Clash Tiger), 26th (Clash Dragon)
November	2nd (Clash Pig), 3rd (Clash Rat), 5th Sun. (Clash Tiger), 6th (Clash Rabbit), 7th (Clash Dragon), 9th (Clash Horse), 12th Sun. (Clash Rooster), 13th (Clash Dog), 21st (Clash Horse), 25th Sat. (Clash Dog), 27th (Clash Rat)
December	1st (Clash Dragon), 3rd Sun. (Clash Horse), 8th (Clash Pig), 11th (Clash Tiger), 19th (Clash Pig), 20th (Clash Pig), 28th (Clash Sheep)

For more auspicious dates in 2017 for other events, please check: 2017 Calendar

Month	Auspicious Wedding Dates in 2018
January	1st (Clash Pig), 10th (Clash Monkey), 11th (Clash Rooster), 13th Sat. (Clash Pig), 18th (Clash Dragon), 23rd (Clash Tiger), 24th (Clash Rooster), 26th (Clash Rat)
February	4th Sun. (Clash Rooster), 7th (Clash Rat), 8th (Clash Ox), 13th (Clash Horse), 19th (Clash Rat), 20th (Clash Ox), 22nd (Clash Rabbit), 25th Sun. (Clash Horse), 28th (Clash Rooster)
March	4th Sun. (Clash Ox), 5th (Clash Tiger), 10th Sat. (Clash Sheep), 15th (Clash Rat), 16th (Clash Ox), 19th (Clash Dragon), 21st (Clash Horse), 24th Sat. (Clash Rooster), 27th (Clash Rat), 28th (Clash Ox)
April	3rd(Clash Sheep), 7th (Clash Pig), 8th Sun. (Clash Rat), 16th (Clash Monkey), 20th (Clash Rat), 28th Sat. (Clash Monkey), 30th (Clash Dog)
May	6th Sun. (Clash Dragon), 8th (Clash Horse), 11th (Clash Rooster), 12th Sat. (Clash Dog), 14th (Clash Rat), 15th (Clash Ox), 18th (Clash Dragon), 23th (Clash Rooster), 26th Sat. (Clash Rat), 28th (Clash Tiger), 29th (Clash Rabbit), 30th (Clash Dragon)
June	1st (Clash Horse), 3rd Sun. (Clash Monkey), 5th (Clash Dog), 6th (Clash Pig), 8th (Clash Ox), 11th (Clash Dragon), 14th (Clash Sheep), 18th (Clash Pig), 20th (Clash Ox), 21st (Clash Tiger), 22nd (Clash Rabbit), 26th (Clash Sheep), 29th (Clash Dog)
July	3rd (Clash Tiger), 4th (Clash Rabbit), 5th (Clash Dragon), 9th (Clash Monkey), 10th (Clash Rooster), 11th (Clash Dog), 12th (Clash Pig), 21th Sat. (Clash Monkey), 24th (Clash Pig), 27th (Clash Tiger), 28th Sat. (Clash Rabbit), 29th Sun. (Clash Dragon)
August	2nd (Clash Monkey), 3rd (Clash Rooster), 5th Sun. (Clash Pig), 8th (Clash Tiger), 10th (Clash Dragon), 12th Sun. (Clash Horse), 16th (Clash Dog), 17th (Clash Pig), 18th Sat. (Clash Rat), 19th Sun. (Clash Ox), 20th (Clash Tiger), 22nd (Clash Dragon), 24th (Clash Horse), 27th (Clash Rooster), 29th (Clash Pig), 30th (Clash Rat), 31st (Clash Ox)
September	1st Sat. (Clash Tiger), 5th (Clash Horse), 9th Sun. (Clash Dog), 10th (Clash Pig), 15th Sat. (Clash Dragon), 18th (Clash Sheep), 22nd Sat. (Clash Pig), 23rd (Clash Rat), 25th (Clash Tiger), 30th Sun. (Clash Sheep)
October	3th (Clash Dog), 5th (Clash Rat), 7th Sun. (Clash Tiger), 8th (Clash Rabbit), 14th Sun. (Clash Rooster), 17th (Clash Rat), 19th (Clash Tiger), 21st Sun. (Clash Dragon), 28th Sun. (Clash Pig), 29th (Clash Rat), 31st (Clash Tiger)
November	1st (Clash Rabbit), 7th (Clash Rooster), 8th (Clash Dog), 16th (Clash Horse), 20th (Clash Dog), 22nd (Clash Rat), 26th (Clash Dragon), 28th (Clash Horse)
December	2nd Sun. (Clash Dog), 14th (Clash Dog), 15th Sat. (Clash Pig), 23rd Sun. (Clash Sheep), 27th (Clash Pig)