Chinese Almanac for 2027-07-12
2027-07-12 is Lunar month 6, day 9 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Chen day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-07-12 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 9 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Trade (交易)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Plant (栽种)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Dig a canal (开渠)
- Build a boat (造船)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Travel (出行)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Open for business (开市)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Hour's Virtue (时德), Heavenly Horse (天马), Universal Protection (普护)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Five Voids (五虚), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Bing Xu 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.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-07-12 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 9 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?
2027-07-12 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