Chinese Almanac for 2027-08-28
2027-08-28 is Lunar month 7, day 27 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Mao day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-08-28 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 27 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Open for business (开市)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Build a bridge (造桥)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Set up a bed (安床)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Five Harmony (五合)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Gui You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.
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) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-08-28 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 27 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?
2027-08-28 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