Chinese Almanac for 2027-07-04
2027-07-04 is Lunar month 6, day 1 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Shen day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-07-04 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 1 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Travel (出行)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Set up a frame (架马)
- Drill pillar mortises (开柱眼)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
- 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)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Sell goods (出货财)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Minister's Day (相日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Removing Spirit (除神), Azure Dragon (青龙), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Eight Winds (八风), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Wu Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
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) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-07-04 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 1 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?
2027-07-04 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