Chinese New Year 2027: Saturday 6 February 2027, the Year of the Fire Goat or Sheep
The days of the New Year
- New Year’s Eve: Friday 5 February 2027. The reunion dinner.
- Chinese New Year’s Day: Saturday 6 February 2027. The first day of the year.
- Day 2: Sunday 7 February 2027. Traditionally the day married daughters visit their parents.
- Day 7, Ren Ri (人日): Friday 12 February 2027. Ren Ri, “everyone’s birthday”; a day for yee sang.
- Day 9, the Jade Emperor’s birthday (天公诞): Sunday 14 February 2027. Hokkien families mark it from the night before.
- Day 15, Chap Goh Mei (元宵): Saturday 20 February 2027. Chap Goh Mei, the last day of the New Year.
- Start of Spring (Li Chun, 立春): 4 February 2027, 09:46 (UTC+8). The BaZi year of the Fire Goat or Sheep begins at this moment, not at New Year. Anyone born between the two is already in the new year by BaZi. Check your sign · Why the Start of Spring
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Reopening after the holiday: the almanac’s days, Day 2 to Day 15
The days the almanac (Tung Shing, 通书) lists as good for opening a business (Kai Shi, 开市) and does not also list to avoid. Each day clashes with one animal, and some people born in that animal’s years avoid it.
- Monday 8 February 2027 — Day 3; clashes with the Rat (鼠)
- Sunday 14 February 2027 — Day 9; clashes with the Horse (马)
The good-for and avoid lists come from the open-source lunar calendar library (6tail), whose author built them from a popular Chinese calendar website’s data. Almanacs differ on these lists, and unlike the rest of this site they are not quoted from a classical text. How the rest is worked out
The signs that “offend” 2027 on the folk lists
Rat, Ox, Goat or Sheep, Dog. That is the folk custom, by sign; the classics go by the day you were born. 2027 for you: money, work and people, by day master · What offending Tai Sui actually means
Make a New Year card to send on WhatsApp: a zodiac painting, a greeting and your names.