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Good wedding days for the bride and groom's ages, and months to avoid.
New Year first-footer check
Find a well-matched first visitor for Tết, with birth years and reasons.
House-building year check
Whether a building year hits Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc or Tam Tai.
2026 Yearly Star and Tam Tai
Your 2026 on one page: ruling star, Tam Tai, work, money and love.
Giving birth in the year of Đinh Mùi 2027: the 12 lunar months, the Bát Tự months and the boundaries of the Goat year
Giving birth in Đinh Mùi 2027: the 12 lunar months with solar dates, Bát Tự months by solar term, the Horse and Monkey year boundaries, and good-month views.
What Makes the 2027 Lunar Calendar Special and How to Look Up Dates Correctly
Lunar calendar 2027: year of Đinh Mùi, Tết on Saturday 6 February 2027, no leap month. Key dates, solar terms, and how to look up dates and convert Can Chi.
Converting Lunar Dates to Solar Dates: What the Calculation Is Based On, and Why It Is Not a Fixed Addition and Subtraction Table
Lunar to solar conversion uses no fixed addition table. It relies on the new moon point, major solar terms and legal time zones, so it differs year by year.
Why two calendars give different lunar dates for the same solar day, and where time zones come in
Two calendars can give different lunar dates for the same solar day because they use different legal time zones, such as Vietnam at UTC+7 and China at UTC+8.
What Is Tiểu Mãn, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
Tiểu Mãn, the 8th solar term, begins on 20 or 21 May when the Sun reaches 60 degrees longitude. In 2026 it starts at 07:28 on 21 May, Vietnam time.
Which month is good for having a child? Why does Bát Tự change months by solar terms while Tử Vi uses lunar months?
No birth month is best for everyone: Bát Tự reads the month by solar terms, Tử Vi by lunar months, and folk sayings on good birth months lack a firm basis.
Where do the three Quán Thế Âm Bodhisattva festival days on the 19th of the second, sixth and ninth lunar months come from, and how do Vietnamese pagodas celebrate them?
The 19th of the 2nd, 6th and 9th lunar months mark the three Quán Thế Âm festival days, symbolic Mahayana commemorations.
First-day Tet travel for the 2027 Lunar New Year: how to choose the hour and direction, and where sources disagree
First-day Tet travel for 2027: how to choose the hour and direction, prepare offerings, and follow the route, plus why sources disagree on the calculations.
Choosing an opening day for the Đinh Mùi 2027 Lunar New Year: where the custom comes from and what people weigh up
Where the custom of a Lunar New Year opening day comes from, and what people weigh up when picking a date and preparing offerings.
Cúng Đất in Huế: Which Months, What the Three Offering Trays Hold and Why the Land Deity Is Thanked
Cúng đất in Huế is held in the second and eighth lunar months, with three offering trays to thank the land deity and remember the former Chăm owners.
How Tam Hoi differs from Tam Hop: three months of one season versus the Trường Sinh, Đế Vượng, Mo stages of one element
Tam Hoi joins three consecutive branches of one season; Tam Hop joins three branches one step apart along the Trường Sinh cycle.
Tet 2027 (Year of the Goat): What Date, How Many Days Off, and What the Goat Year Means
Tet 2027, the Lunar New Year of the Goat, starts Saturday, February 6, 2027. Public employees may get 7 days off, February 4 to 10.
What Is Hoàn Giáp and Does the 60th Birthday Longevity Ceremony Count Lunar or Western Age: The Case of Someone Born in the Đinh Mùi Year 1967 Meeting the Đinh Mùi Year 2027 Again
Hoàn giáp is when the birth stem-branch year returns after 60 years. Born Đinh Mùi 1967: 60 by reckoned age in 2026, hoàn giáp and 60 by Western age in 2027.
When and at what time should the 2027 Kitchen Gods offering be made according to custom?
2027 Kitchen Gods offering: weekdays, can chi and auspicious hours for the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of the twelfth lunar month of Bính Ngọ.
What is Vietnamese lunar age?
Tuổi mụ is the Vietnamese lunar way of counting age: current year minus birth year, plus one, and folk calculations use this number.
The Vietnamese Lunar Calendar Is Actually a Lunisolar Calendar: Why the Shortened Name 'Lunar Calendar' Causes Misunderstanding
The Vietnamese lunar calendar is actually a lunisolar calendar combining the moon's phases and Earth's orbit around the Sun.
Personal Year 2027 in Numerology: How to Add Your Birth Date to 2027 and the Nine-Year Cycle
Personal Year 2027 adds your birth day and month to 2027, placing you in the nine-year cycle of modern numerology, a US system, not a Pythagorean legacy.
Is the Lunar Calendar Science or Superstition? Two Layers of One Calendar, the Computable Astronomy and the Day-Selection Layer Added Later
Lunar dates, leap months and solar terms are verifiable astronomy, while auspicious days and lucky stars are a later day-selection layer.
The Lunar Leap Month: Why It Exists, How It Is Calculated, and Why One Lunar Day in a Leap Year Corresponds to Two Solar Days
How a lunar leap month is determined, why leap years exist, and why one lunar day in a leap year corresponds to two solar days.
Comparing Lunar New Year Customs Across Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam
Tet customs in Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam share roots but differ in dishes and rituals, from banh chung to bitter melon soup.
Ghost Month, the 7th Lunar Month: Folk Taboos and Buddhist Perspectives
Ghost Month in the 7th lunar month: its origins, common folk taboos, and the Buddhist view of Vu Lan as a season of gratitude and filial piety.
Vietnamese Lunar New Year Customs and the Meaning Behind Each Ritual
Vietnamese Lunar New Year customs: the Kitchen Gods send-off, New Year's Eve rites, first-footing, and lucky money, with the meaning behind each.
Which Star Governs Your Fate in 2027 and What Does It Affect? How to Look Up the Cửu Diệu Stars and Tell Them Apart from Tử Vi Fate Stars
Sao chiếu mệnh 2027 uses the Cửu Diệu system by lunar age. It covers the nine stars, how to look them up, their effects.
Annual Flying Stars for the Đinh Mùi Year 2027: Where Do Ngũ Hoàng, Tam Sát and Thái Tuế Fly To?
Flying stars for Đinh Mùi 2027: Ngũ Hoàng in the North, Tam Sát in the West, Thái Tuế at Mùi in the Southwest, as read in Trạch vận tân án.
Which Buddha and Bodhisattva memorial days are there in the lunar calendar?
Lunar memorial days for Shakyamuni Buddha, Guanyin, Ksitigarbha, Manjushri, Samantabhadra and other Bodhisattvas, with origins and practice notes.
Tam Tai and Thái Tuế in the 2027 Đinh Mùi Year: Which Zodiac Signs Are Affected, How the List Is Calculated, and Where Schools of Thought Disagree
By folk belief, in 2027 (Đinh Mùi) Pig, Cat and Goat meet their last Tam Tai year; Goat is in Thái Tuế, Ox clashes, Dog punishes, Rat harms. Schools differ.
First-footing for the 2027 Year of the Goat: how to choose an age, and why every household ends up with a different list
For Lunar New Year 2027, there is no single correct first-footer list. Compare the trine and six-harmony groups, the host's age and the guest's character.
How to Name a Child Born in the Đinh Mùi 2027 Year to Suit the Mùi Zodiac According to Folk Belief
Folk tips for naming a 2027 Đinh Mùi child: choosing Nho radicals, five elements, and can chi to suit the Mùi zodiac, plus what to avoid.
How Is the First Death Anniversary (Tiểu Tường) Date Calculated in a Year with a Leap Month?
Tiểu tường keeps the lunar date of death in the next year, as Gia lễ does not count leap months; some count a full 12 lunar months, one month earlier.
Hue Tet Feast: Echoes of Royal Cuisine in the Lunar New Year Meal
The Hue Tet feast blends royal essence with folk culture, shaped by a philosophy of frugality, elegance, harmony and transformation.
How the Đinh Mùi 2027 Year Enters a Bát Tự Chart: Can Đinh and Chi Mùi Meeting the Ten Day Masters
Đinh Mùi 2027 in Bát Tự: the year pillar starts at Start of Spring on 4 Feb 2027, Ten Gods of the stem Đinh for ten Day Masters, and Mùi's branch relations.
What's on in Vietnam in November 2026? Festivals, lunar dates and where to go
November 2026 (23rd of 9th lunar month to 22nd of 10th) brings the Thái Nguyên Tea Festival, Gia Lai Gong Festival, Ok Om Bok, Kathina and more.
What's on in Vietnam in October 2026? Festivals, lunar dates and where to go
Vietnam's October 2026 festival calendar: Côn Sơn Kiếp Bạc, Lam Kinh, Katê, Sene Dolta, Hanoi Autumn Festival, Keo Pagoda, plus lunar dates.
Checking ages for building a house in the 2027 Đinh Mùi year: which ages hit Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc, Tam Tai, and why the three are not the same
Checking ages for building a house in 2027 Đinh Mùi: how Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc and Tam Tai are calculated, and why an age can break one and not the others.
Year of the Goat meeting Đinh Mùi 2027: Kim Lâu, Tam tai, and ruling stars by birth year
Goat year meeting Đinh Mùi 2027: table of nạp âm, tuổi mụ, ruling stars, Kim Lâu, Tam tai for each birth year from 1943 to 2015, with where schools differ.
Tết Đoan Ngọ: The 5th Day of the 5th Lunar Month "Killing Summer Bugs" Festival
Tết Đoan Ngọ falls at noon on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, when folk belief says yang energy peaks. The bug-killing custom and ancestor worship.
Having a Child in 2027 Đinh Mùi: Which Parent Ages Are Compatible? How to Read by Can Chi and the Thiên Hà Thủy Nạp Âm
Having a child in 2027 Đinh Mùi, nạp âm Thiên Hà Thủy: read parent compatibility by can chi, nạp âm, tam hợp and lục hợp, with notes on the method's limits.
How to Arrange the Worship Tray for Tết Đoan Ngọ (5th day of 5th lunar month)
Tết Đoan Ngọ worship tray guide: offerings like fermented rice and tro cakes, step-by-step arrangement following regional customs, plus safety notes.
Folk Taboos When Making Offerings on the Full Moon and First Day of the Lunar Month
Folk taboos for offerings on the Full Moon and the first day of the lunar month, from choosing fruit and flowers to the incense burner and a reverent mindset.
How Does Lunar New Year for the Ethnic Chinese in Chợ Lớn Differ from Vietnamese Tet?
How Lunar New Year among the Hoa of Chợ Lớn differs from Vietnamese Tết: Kitchen God send-off, offerings, bánh tổ, assembly halls, visiting order.
First-Footer & New Year Card 2027
Who should first-foot your home this Tết, plus a New Year card.