Chinese Almanac for 2027-09-17
2027-09-17 is Lunar month 8, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Hai day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-09-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Plant (栽种)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Install a door (安门)
- Renovate and build (修造)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
- Break ground (动土)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Minister's Day (相日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Essential Peace (要安)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Great Havoc (大煞), Double Day (重日), Black Tortoise (元武)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Snake (Gui Si 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.
Hai (Pig) day: traditionally, marriages are not held, as it is said it will be unlucky for the groom.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-09-17 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 17 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?
2027-09-17 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