Chinese Almanac for 2027-12-31
2027-12-31 is Lunar month 12, day 4 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Shen day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2027-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 4 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Travel (出行)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Seek medical treatment (求医)
- Get acupuncture (针灸)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Install a door (安门)
- Build a boat (造船)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Break ground (动土)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Build a bridge (造桥)
- Dig a well (掘井)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Jade Palace (玉宇), Removing Spirit (除神), Azure Dragon (青龙), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Earth Talisman (土符), Great Havoc (大煞), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Wu Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2027-12-31 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 4 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?
2027-12-31 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