2027 Wedding Dates in the Year of the Goat: Weekends by Month, and the "Year Without Spring"

Compiled by Haiyuan · AI-generated content · Updated 2026-10-12 · How we calculate

Plan a wedding in 2027 and an older relative may warn you first: "Next year is a widow year." This page starts by getting the dates right: in 2027 the almanac marks 125 days favorable for marriage, 39 of them on weekends, listed month by month below. Then it explains where the "year without spring" comes from. It is a calendar effect of the lunar and solar years not lining up, and the almanac's favorable and avoid lists contain no such rule; whether to mind it is a matter of family custom and choice.

How we counted: our date-selection rules applied to every day from January 1 to December 31, 2027. "Favorable for marriage" means the almanac lists marriage as favorable, does not list it under "avoid," does not mark the day "nothing favorable," and the day is not a Year Breaker (a day clashing with the Tai Sui of the year: Rat days before Li Chun in the Bing-Wu year, Ox days after it in the Ding-Wei year; the almanac treats them as gravely unlucky); no zodiac clash with the couple has been removed yet.

2027 weekend wedding dates, month by month

The tables list Saturdays and Sundays only. "Clashes" is the zodiac sign the day clashes with; by custom, a couple or parents of that sign avoid the day. Folk taboo days (Three Maidens, Master Yang, Four Separations and Four Endings, monthly taboo days) come from folk almanacs rather than the calendar's daily favorable and avoid lists; we show them for families who mind them. Days in the 7th lunar month are marked separately.

January (5 weekend days favorable for marriage)

February (4 weekend days favorable for marriage)

March (3 weekend days favorable for marriage)

April (2 weekend days favorable for marriage)

May (2 weekend days favorable for marriage)

June (3 weekend days favorable for marriage)

July (8 weekend days favorable for marriage)

August (2 weekend days favorable for marriage)

September (2 weekend days favorable for marriage)

October (2 weekend days favorable for marriage)

November (4 weekend days favorable for marriage)

December (2 weekend days favorable for marriage)

These tables do not remove any personal zodiac clash. To exclude both partners' signs at once and pick a Yellow Path hour, use the finder below, or see the full guide to choosing a wedding date.

Why 2027 is a "year without spring"

The lunar year begins on day 1 of the 1st month, while Li Chun, the Start of Spring, is fixed in the solar calendar around February 4. This time Li Chun falls on February 4, 2027, but day 1 of the Ding-Wei year is February 6, 2027, two days later; the next Li Chun, on February 4, 2028, comes after day 1 of the 2028 lunar year (January 26, 2028). From day 1 of the 2027 lunar year to its New Year's Eve, the whole lunar year contains no Li Chun. That is a "year without spring" (wu chun nian 無春年), also called a "widow year" (gua fu nian 寡婦年) or a "blind year."

It happens because twelve lunar months come to only about 354 days, and a leap year of thirteen months to about 384, while the solar year is 365 days, so the two never line up exactly. Some lunar years contain no Li Chun, and some contain two (a "double-spring year"). We checked every lunar year from 1901 to 2100: 74 years without spring, 53 with one, and 73 with two. Close to four in ten are years without spring; there is nothing unusual about it.

Is a "widow year" really bad for weddings?

The name "widow year" comes from a chain of associations: no spring in the year, so no new life, so a bad year to marry. But the almanac that date selection relies on works out each day's favorable and avoid lists from the stems and branches, the day officers and the auspicious and inauspicious stars, and it contains no rule that a year without spring is unfavorable for marriage. 2027 still has 125 days favorable for marriage, much like any other year.

Close to four in ten lunar years over the last two centuries have had no spring. If that really ruled out weddings, one year in every three would be closed to them, which is plainly not what traditional date selection intends. So our view is: a year without spring is a calendar effect, not a verdict. If the couple do not mind it, choose a date by the usual principles.

If older relatives do mind, three compromises are common. One is to marry before day 1 of the Ding-Wei year (February 6, 2027): from January to early February 2027 there are 5 weekend days favorable for marriage, still within the Bing-Wu lunar year, which does have a Li Chun. Another is to wait for the 2028 Wu-Shen year, a double-spring year. The third is to separate the legal registration from the wedding: register on a day that means something to you, and choose the wedding day itself by the almanac. Any of these works; what matters is that both families are comfortable.

Other things to watch when choosing a date in 2027

• Ghost Month: in 2027 the 7th lunar month runs from Mon, Aug 2 to Tue, Aug 31. Taiwanese custom avoids holding celebrations in this month, and those days are marked in the tables above.
• Your zodiac year and offending Tai Sui: 2027 is the Goat's own zodiac year; the Ox clashes Tai Sui, the Dog punishes and breaks it, and the Rat harms it. Some families avoid a year in which the couple offends Tai Sui, but almanac date selection looks at whether the day clashes, not the whole year; if it matters to you, see An Tai Sui 2027.
• Both partners' signs: "Clashes" in the tables covers that day only, and each day clashes just one sign. If you also want to avoid both sets of parents' signs, run the finder a few more times.