Is 2027 a "No-Spring Year"? Is It Unsuitable for Weddings?

In the lunar calendar, the Ding Wei (Goat) year starts on 6 February 2027 and ends on 25 January 2028. The 2027 Lichun falls on 4 February, two days before Ding Wei begins. The next Lichun is on 4 February 2028, when the Ding Wei year has already ended. So no Lichun falls inside the Ding Wei year, and people call it a "no-spring year" (无春年).

The ancients valued the meaning of spring: birth, growth, multiplying and beginning. So "a lunar year without Lichun" is easily explained in folk thinking as no growth and no vitality. Some people then wrongly assume that joyful events, such as weddings and having children, should be avoided. That is how the saying "a no-spring year is not suitable for marriage" slowly formed.

This is a symbolic folk explanation. It does not mean a no-spring year is itself an unlucky year.

A "no-spring year" is only a calendar effect, produced by the gap between the lunar calendar and the 24 solar terms. It does not make the whole year unlucky. In the Bazi and date-selection system, to judge whether a day suits a wedding, you cannot look only at whether the year has Lichun.

For a wedding, moving into a home, groundbreaking and other important days, you still look at the specific year, month, day and hour, together with the situation of the people involved. So when you see "no-spring year", there is no need to frighten yourself. The calendar is the calendar, and luck is luck. You cannot judge a year as good or bad from the two words "no spring" alone.

It is a general reading of the year, not a prediction for any one person. Your own Bazi chart decides how the year works for you.

If you are planning a wedding, a move or groundbreaking in 2027, see date selection and the Chinese wedding date selection guide.