Chinese Almanac for 2027-10-18
2027-10-18 is Lunar month 9, day 19 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Wu day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-10-18 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 19 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- 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)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Build a cart or tool (造车器)
- Travel (出行)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Install a door (安门)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Visit the sick (探病)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Grace (月恩), Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Essential Peace (要安), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Jia Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North 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.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-10-18 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 19 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?
2027-10-18 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