February 4, 2027
Li Chun · Start of Spring
The solar term commonly used as the BaZi Year Pillar boundary. An exact birth near the transition requires time and timezone.
2027 calendar · Year of the Goat
Chinese New Year 2027
Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday, February 6. It begins the Yin Fire Goat year, also called the Year of the Sheep or Ram. Here are the dates and the birth-year boundary to check.
First day of the lunar year
February 6
Saturday · 2027
- Chinese zodiac
- Goat · 羊
- Heavenly Stem element
- Yin Fire · 丁
- Year designation
- Ding-wei · 丁未
- Lunar year begins
- Feb 6, 2027
- Lunar year ends
- Jan 25, 2028
Key dates for 2027
Festival dates and zodiac-year dates answer different questions. The 15-day festival ends in February; the lunar Goat year continues into January 2028.
February 5, 2027
Chinese New Year’s Eve
The last day of the lunar Fire Horse year.
February 6, 2027
Chinese New Year
The first day of the first lunar month and the start of the Fire Goat year.
February 20, 2027
Lantern Festival
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
January 26, 2028
Next Chinese New Year
The lunar Monkey year begins; the Goat year ends the day before.
2027 Chinese zodiac: which birthdays are Goat?
Using the lunar zodiac convention, births from February 6, 2027 through January 25, 2028 are Fire Goat. January 1 through February 5, 2027 are Fire Horse. In particular, February 4 and 5 can fall into different year categories in lunar zodiac and BaZi calculations because Li Chun precedes Chinese New Year in 2027.
Check a birth date →Year of the Goat 2027
The Chinese character 羊 can be translated as Goat, Sheep, or Ram. These names refer to the same zodiac branch, Wei (未), rather than three different signs. The Ding (丁) stem pairs it with Yin Fire in 2027.
Other Goat years
Recent and upcoming Goat years include 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027, and 2039. The animal returns every 12 years, while the Fire Goat combination repeats every 60 years: 1967, 2027, and 2087.
Browse all zodiac years and date ranges →Frequently asked questions
When is Chinese New Year 2027?
Chinese New Year falls on Saturday, February 6, 2027, the first day of the first lunar month. Chinese New Year’s Eve is Friday, February 5.
Is 2027 the year of the Goat, Sheep, or Ram?
2027 is the year of 羊 (yang), commonly translated as Goat, Sheep, or Ram. This site uses Goat consistently. Its Heavenly Stem is Ding (丁), Yin Fire, so the full designation is Fire Goat or Ding-wei (丁未).
When does the 2027 Goat year end?
The lunar Goat year ends on January 25, 2028. The next Chinese New Year begins on January 26, 2028, starting the Monkey year.
Is a baby born in January 2027 a Goat?
Under the Lunar New Year convention, no. Dates from January 1 through February 5, 2027 belong to the Fire Horse year. The Fire Goat year starts on February 6. BaZi commonly uses a separate Li Chun boundary.
When is the Lantern Festival in 2027?
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month falls on February 20, 2027. It traditionally marks the close of the 15-day New Year festival period; it is not the end of the Goat zodiac year.
Calendar method & sources
Dates use the Chinese lunar calendar convention used in China and Hong Kong (UTC+8). The year starts on the first day of the first lunar month. Calendar conversions use lunar-javascript; the 2027 and 2028 boundaries were checked against the Hong Kong Observatory tables.
Your animal is one part of the picture
A Chinese zodiac sign describes the lunar birth year. BaZi uses four pillars and commonly changes its Year Pillar at Li Chun, the Start of Spring solar term. A zodiac year’s element is its Heavenly Stem element, not your Day Master.
Explore your full BaZi chart →Read our calculation methodology