Chinese Almanac for 2027-02-23

2027-02-23 is Lunar month 1, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui You day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2027-02-23
Lunar date Lunar month 1, day 18
Year (Ganzhi) Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat)
Month (Ganzhi) Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger)
Day (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) You (Rooster)
Year zodiac Goat

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
  • Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Pray for blessings (祈福)
  • Install an altar (安香)
  • Relocate the household fire (出火)
  • Renovate and build (修造)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Open for business (开市)
  • Move house (移徙)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Break ground for burial (破土)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Set up a bed (安床)
  • Build the stove (作灶)
  • Build a boat (造船)
  • Visit friends and family (会亲友)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Yin Virtue (阴德), Blessing Birth (福生), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Five Voids (五虚), Five Separations (五离), Black Tortoise (元武)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Rabbit (Ding Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.

You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.

Auspicious directions

God of Joy (喜神) Southeast
God of Fortune (福神) Northeast
God of Wealth (财神) South
Tai Sui (太岁) Southwest
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) Southeast
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) East

What is today's lunar date?

2027-02-23 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 18 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?

2027-02-23 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