Chinese Almanac for 2027-08-05
2027-08-05 is Lunar month 7, day 4 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Chen day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-08-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 4 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open for business (开市)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Break ground (动土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
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), Earth Pouch (地囊), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Geng Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
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) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-08-05 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 4 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?
2027-08-05 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