Chinese Almanac for 2027-12-13
2027-12-13 is Lunar month 11, day 16 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Yin day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-12-13 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 16 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Yin (Tiger) |
| 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)
- Travel (出行)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Level roads (平治道涂)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Install a door (安门)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Hour's Virtue (时德), Minister's Day (相日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Heavenly Horse (天马), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Blessing Birth (福生), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Return Taboo (归忌), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Geng Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-12-13 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 16 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?
2027-12-13 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