Chinese Almanac for 2027-09-01
2027-09-01 is Lunar month 8, day 1 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Wei day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-09-01 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 1 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Hold Ghost Festival rites (普渡)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Exterminate ants (断蚁)
- Build a dike (筑堤)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- File a lawsuit (词讼)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Four Images (四相), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), 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), Water Dragon Contact (触水龙)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Ding Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-09-01 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 1 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?
2027-09-01 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