Chinese Almanac for 2027-12-12
2027-12-12 is Lunar month 11, day 15 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Chou day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-12-12 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 15 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Build a cart or tool (造车器)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Travel (出行)
- Return home to visit parents (归宁)
- Start school (入学)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Seek medical treatment (求医)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Install a door (安门)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Four Images (四相), Yin Virtue (阴德), Guarding Day (守日), Auspicious Period (吉期), Six Harmony (六合), Universal Protection (普护), Precious Light (宝光)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Triple Mourning (三丧), Ghost Wailing (鬼哭)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Goat (Ji Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-12-12 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 15 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?
2027-12-12 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