Chinese Almanac for 2027-04-23
2027-04-23 is Lunar month 3, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Shen day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-04-23 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Travel (出行)
- Set up a bed (安床)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Month's Virtue (月德), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Hour's Yin (时阴), Reverent Peace (敬安), Removing Spirit (除神), Golden Chest (金匮), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Dead Energy (死气), Departure and Loss (往亡), Five Separations (五离), Lone Branch (孤辰)
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) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-04-23 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 17 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?
2027-04-23 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