Chinese Almanac for 2027-05-03
2027-05-03 is Lunar month 3, day 27 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Wu day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-05-03 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 27 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Month's Virtue (月德), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Hour's Virtue (时德), People's Day (民日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Earth Pouch (地囊), Great Havoc (大煞), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Bing Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North 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.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
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?
2027-05-03 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 27 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?
2027-05-03 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