Chinese Almanac for 2027-10-17
2027-10-17 is Lunar month 9, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Si day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-10-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Si (Snake) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Install a door (安门)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Release water (放水)
- Harvest honey (割蜜)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yin Virtue (阴德), Continuing Generations (续世), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Blood Taboo (血忌), Double Day (重日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Pig (Gui Hai day); traditionally best to avoid the East 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.
Si (Snake) day: traditionally, long journeys are avoided, as it is said belongings will be lost or hidden.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-10-17 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 18 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?
2027-10-17 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