Chinese Almanac for 2027-02-16
2027-02-16 is Lunar month 1, day 11 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Yin day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-02-16 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 11 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Travel (出行)
- Move house (移徙)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), King's Day (王日), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Essential Peace (要安), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Establishment (月建), Minor Time (小时), Earth's Mansion (土府), Departure and Loss (往亡), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Geng Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-02-16 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 11 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?
2027-02-16 falls in the Ding Wei year, the year of the Goat.
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