Begins February 6, 2027 · 354 days long
2027: year of the Fire Goat
The Goat year starts on February 6, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 2027 before that date is a Horse.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 6, 2027 3:56 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 11:56 PM Sat, Feb 6 · sets the date
- Year of the Goat
- 354 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 26, 2028 3:13 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 2027: the new moon in your city
The Fire Goat year opens with the new moon at 3:56 PM UTC on February 6, 2027 — 11:56 PM on February 6 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 10:56 AM on February 6 in New York, 3:56 PM on February 6 in London and 2:56 AM on February 7 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Sat, Feb 6, 2027 |
| Honolulu United States | 5:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 6:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 7:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 8:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 8:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 9:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 9:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 10:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 10:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 10:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 10:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 11:56 AM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 12:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 12:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 12:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 3:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 3:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 4:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 4:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 4:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 5:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 5:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 5:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 6:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 6:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 6:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 7:26 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 7:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 8:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 9:26 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 9:41 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 9:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 10:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 10:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 11:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 11:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 11:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 11:56 PM Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 12:56 AM Sun, Feb 7, 2027 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 12:56 AM Sun, Feb 7, 2027 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 2:26 AM Sun, Feb 7, 2027 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 1:56 AM Sun, Feb 7, 2027 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 2:56 AM Sun, Feb 7, 2027 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 4:56 AM Sun, Feb 7, 2027 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 2027 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
18 pages · printable
The 2027 Sky Calendar — free PDF
Every retrograde, eclipse, new and full moon of 2027 to the minute, already converted to your city. A month to a page, ready to print.
Personality
The Fire Goat personality
Anyone born from February 6, 2027 through January 25, 2028 is a Fire Goat: the yin fire stem 丁 over the 未 branch.
Fire feeds the Goat's own Earth in the five-element cycle, so this Goat is the best supported of the five. Fire brings intensity, visibility and speed — traditionally the most driven version, and the quickest to burn through its own energy.
Stem and branch
2027 is 丁未 (Dīngwèi)
Na yin — the sounding element
Water of the Heavenly River 天河水
Rain, and the Milky Way seen as a river in the sky. Traditionally the most generous water image — nourishment that falls on everyone, unowned and far-reaching.
2027 therefore carries fire from its stem and water from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A "blind" year with no spring
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 2027 and February 4, 2028, Beijing time. The Goat year spans February 6, 2027 to January 25, 2028, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 2027 Goat
The 未 branch puts a 2027 Goat opposite the Ox on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Ox year after it is 2033. Its harmony partner is the Horse, due 11 years later, in 2038. How the Goat and Ox get on →
If you were born in 2027
- Born January 1 – February 5, 2027: a Fire Horse, the animal of 2026.
- Born February 6, 2027 or later in the year: a Fire Goat.
A year-only calculator mislabels 36 days of 2027, everything from January 1 to February 5. Roughly one US birth in 11 falls on those dates — 9.5% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Goat across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Goat.
The lunar calendar of 2027
Why 354 days, and not 365
No leap month this time: from February 6, 2027 to January 25, 2028, 2027 runs twelve months, six of 30 days and six of 29 — 354 days.
The 30-day months are the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 10th and 11th.
Festival dates in the 2027 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Sat, Feb 20, 2027 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Wed, Jun 9, 2027 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Sun, Aug 8, 2027 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Mon, Aug 16, 2027 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Wed, Sep 15, 2027 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Fri, Oct 8, 2027 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Wed, Dec 22, 2027 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Tue, Jan 4, 2028 |
The year's first full moon arrives at 7:23 AM on February 21, the day after the Lantern Festival. The festival night of September 15 falls a day before the true full moon, which comes at 7:03 AM Beijing time on September 16 — lunar day 16.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 2027
Lengths differ because a leap month is inserted every two or three years. This is what makes the new year date jump rather than drift.
By date, 2027 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 58 fall earlier in the calendar and 47 later. Four other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 2015 began on February 19 — marked in lavender with the other Goat years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 2027: Zodiac Year of the Fire Goat.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/2027/
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