Chinese Almanac for 2027-08-29
2027-08-29 is Lunar month 7, day 28 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Chen day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-08-29 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 28 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Hold Ghost Festival rites (普渡)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Break ground (动土)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Build a cart or tool (造车器)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Visit the sick (探病)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Continuing Generations (续世), Golden Chest (金匮)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Four Strikes (四击), Great Havoc (大煞), Blood Taboo (血忌), Repeat Day (复日), Grand Meeting (大会)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Jia Xu 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.
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) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-08-29 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 28 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?
2027-08-29 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