Chinese Almanac for 2026-06-27
2026-06-27 is Lunar month 5, day 13 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Shen day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-06-27 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 13 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Wu (Horse) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Open for business (开市)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Drill pillar mortises (开柱眼)
- Install a millstone (安碓磑)
- Return home (归岫)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Release water (放水)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Build a boat (造船)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Minister's Day (相日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Removing Spirit (除神), Azure Dragon (青龙), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Bing Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-06-27 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 13 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?
2026-06-27 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