Chinese Almanac for 2027-07-20
2027-07-20 is Lunar month 6, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Zi day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-07-20 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Trim nails (整手足甲)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Open for business (开市)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Travel (出行)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Install a door (安门)
- Fell trees (伐木)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Golden Hall (金堂), Untying Spirit (解神), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Minor Depletion (小耗), Five Voids (五虚), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Return Taboo (归忌), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Jia Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Geng (Yang Metal) day: traditionally, looms are not set up, as it is said the work will come to nothing.
Zi (Rat) day: traditionally, diviners are not consulted, as it is said doing so brings calamity on oneself.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-07-20 corresponds to Lunar month 6, 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?
2027-07-20 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