Many couples planning a Chinese or Chinese-heritage wedding check the almanac (Huangli, also called Tong Shu) for days marked **"suitable for: marriage" (宜嫁娶, yi jiaqu)**. The custom reflects how seriously people have long treated a wedding: it is a beginning worth timing with care. This guide explains what traditional date selection looks at, then lists every 2027 date the almanac data marks for weddings. It is a cultural reference, not advice, and it makes no promises about outcomes.
What "jiaqu" means in the almanac
Each almanac day has two columns, Suitable (宜) and Avoid (忌), listing traditional activities. Three relate to marriage:
- Nacai / Dingmeng (纳采 / 订盟) — the proposal and betrothal steps of a traditional wedding;
- Jiaqu (嫁娶) — the wedding itself.
These lists are not written by feel: they come from look-up tables keyed to the day's stem-branch and the solar-term month it falls in.
What traditional date selection usually checks
- The Suitable / Avoid columns — is jiaqu listed as suitable, or as something to avoid?
- The day's clash (日冲) — the almanac notes the zodiac animal the day "clashes" with, e.g. "clashes Dog". Some families avoid a day that clashes with the couple's or parents' animal signs; customs vary by region.
- The Twelve Day Officers (建除) — each day carries one of Establish, Remove, Full, Balance, Settle, Hold, Break, Peril, Success, Gather, Open, Close. Break days are generally not listed for weddings, which the Suitable column already reflects.
- Yellow / black path days — a separate system of twelve day deities. Some days are black-path days yet still list jiaqu as suitable (1 January 2027 is one). That is simply how the almanac is built; the systems are independent.
Almanac schools differ, so different almanacs may disagree on a given day. That is normal.
2027 dates listed as suitable for weddings
Using the method in "About the data" below, 130 of the 365 days in 2027 list jiaqu as suitable. 41 of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday.
| Month | Days | Dates (weekday) |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | 1 (Fri), 2 (Sat), 5 (Tue), 12 (Tue), 14 (Thu), 15 (Fri), 17 (Sun), 23 (Sat), 24 (Sun), 26 (Tue), 31 (Sun) |
| Feb | 8 | 5 (Fri), 6 (Sat), 9 (Tue), 14 (Sun), 17 (Wed), 20 (Sat), 21 (Sun), 26 (Fri) |
| Mar | 13 | 4 (Thu), 5 (Fri), 6 (Sat), 8 (Mon), 10 (Wed), 11 (Thu), 13 (Sat), 16 (Tue), 17 (Wed), 18 (Thu), 23 (Tue), 28 (Sun), 29 (Mon) |
| Apr | 8 | 1 (Thu), 3 (Sat), 5 (Mon), 9 (Fri), 17 (Sat), 20 (Tue), 21 (Wed), 29 (Thu) |
| May | 14 | 3 (Mon), 6 (Thu), 7 (Fri), 9 (Sun), 13 (Thu), 15 (Sat), 17 (Mon), 19 (Wed), 21 (Fri), 24 (Mon), 25 (Tue), 27 (Thu), 28 (Fri), 31 (Mon) |
| Jun | 10 | 5 (Sat), 9 (Wed), 10 (Thu), 11 (Fri), 12 (Sat), 18 (Fri), 19 (Sat), 21 (Mon), 24 (Thu), 27 (Sun) |
| Jul | 14 | 1 (Thu), 3 (Sat), 4 (Sun), 5 (Mon), 10 (Sat), 11 (Sun), 13 (Tue), 15 (Thu), 17 (Sat), 18 (Sun), 22 (Thu), 23 (Fri), 24 (Sat), 25 (Sun) |
| Aug | 12 | 3 (Tue), 6 (Fri), 13 (Fri), 16 (Mon), 18 (Wed), 19 (Thu), 21 (Sat), 23 (Mon), 25 (Wed), 29 (Sun), 30 (Mon), 31 (Tue) |
| Sep | 11 | 1 (Wed), 2 (Thu), 4 (Sat), 6 (Mon), 10 (Fri), 12 (Sun), 14 (Tue), 16 (Thu), 22 (Wed), 23 (Thu), 28 (Tue) |
| Oct | 11 | 1 (Fri), 5 (Tue), 6 (Wed), 8 (Fri), 9 (Sat), 15 (Fri), 18 (Mon), 20 (Wed), 21 (Thu), 27 (Wed), 30 (Sat) |
| Nov | 11 | 1 (Mon), 3 (Wed), 7 (Sun), 8 (Mon), 11 (Thu), 14 (Sun), 15 (Mon), 17 (Wed), 20 (Sat), 21 (Sun), 29 (Mon) |
| Dec | 7 | 3 (Fri), 5 (Sun), 12 (Sun), 16 (Thu), 19 (Sun), 27 (Mon), 28 (Tue) |
You can check the lunar date, day stem-branch, day officer, day deity and clash for each date on MoZhu's almanac page.
Notes:
- Chinese New Year 2027 is 6 February, and the solar term Start of Spring (Lichun) is 4 February. Dates in January and early February still belong to the Bing-Wu (Horse) lunar year.
- Only 41 dates are weekends, so popular venues may book up early. Weigh the almanac alongside practical plans.
- If your family keeps particular customs, such as avoiding certain months, follow what you agree on together.
About the data
- Library: lunar-javascript 1.7.7, the same calendar library and version used by MoZhu's almanac page.
- Method: for every day from 1 January to 31 December 2027, take the lunar object at 12:00 local time, read
getDayYi()(the day's Suitable list), and keep days that include 嫁娶. The clash comes fromgetDayChongDesc(), the day officer fromgetZhiXing(), and the day deity fromgetDayTianShen(). - The whole table was generated day by day by a script. No dates were added or removed by hand.
- This page lists almanac entries only. It does not judge outcomes or make decisions for you.
Summary
With 130 listed days, the almanac leaves plenty of room to choose. Treat it as part of a cultural tradition, then decide together with family, venue, weather and travel in mind.
This article is for cultural reference only and is not advice for any decision.