Chinese Almanac for 2027-08-20
2027-08-20 is Lunar month 7, day 19 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Wei day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-08-20 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 19 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Travel (出行)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Get acupuncture (针灸)
- Dig a well (掘井)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Golden Hall (金堂), Jade Hall (玉堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Blood Branch (血支), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Five Voids (五虚)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Yi Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-08-20 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 19 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?
2027-08-20 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