Chinese Almanac for 2027-08-04
2027-08-04 is Lunar month 7, day 3 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Mao day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-08-04 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 3 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Travel (出行)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Plant (栽种)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Reverent Peace (敬安), Five Harmony (五合), Precious Light (宝光), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Four Depletions (四耗), Great Havoc (大煞)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Ji You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-08-04 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 3 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?
2027-08-04 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