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Auspicious Contract Signing Dates for January 2026簽約 · January 2026

By Master Sean Chan · Updated

This month carries Xiao Han (小寒) — minor cold on January 5 (Singapore time): the BaZi calendar's sectional boundary for the month. Below is the universal Chinese metaphysics ranking of every day in January 2026 for signing a contract (立券 / 交易), derived from the classical Tong Shu (通書). Contracts are agreements meant to hold — the rules favour 定 (Stabilising), 成 (Completing), and 執 (Holding) officers.

Top-ranked dates this month

31
days in January
26
pass hard requirements
6
rank as 上吉
5
top picks below
DateDay PillarOfficer 建除 Mansion 宿Clash 沖Class
12026-01-08乙酉成 Completing壁卯 (Rabbit)上吉
22026-01-28乙巳定 Stabilising尾亥 (Pig)上吉
32026-01-13庚寅除 Removing畢申 (Monkey)上吉
42026-01-16癸巳定 Stabilising井亥 (Pig)上吉
52026-01-20丁酉成 Completing張卯 (Rabbit)上吉

All days in January 2026

DateDay PillarOfficerMansion ClashNotable factorsClass
2026-01-01戊寅滿箕申 Monkey宿 箕平
2026-01-02己卯平斗酉 Rooster建除 平 · 宿 斗 · 黃道吉
2026-01-03庚辰定牛戌 Dog建除 定吉
2026-01-04辛巳執女亥 Pig建除 執吉
2026-01-05壬午執虛子 Rat建除 執吉
2026-01-06癸未破危丑 OxFailed requirement: not_month_break大凶
2026-01-07甲申危室寅 Tiger建除 危 · 黃道平
2026-01-08乙酉成壁卯 Rabbit天德合 · 月德合 · 建除 成上吉
2026-01-09丙戌收奎辰 Dragon建除 收 · 宿 奎 · 黃道吉
2026-01-10丁亥開婁巳 SnakeFailed requirement: not_year_break大凶
2026-01-11戊子閉胃午 Horse建除 閉平
2026-01-12己丑建昴未 Goat建除 建平
2026-01-13庚寅除畢申 Monkey天德 · 月德 · 建除 除上吉
2026-01-14辛卯滿觜酉 Rooster黃道吉
2026-01-15壬辰平參戌 Dog建除 平平
2026-01-16癸巳定井亥 Pig建除 定 · 宿 井 · 黃道上吉
2026-01-17甲午執鬼子 Rat建除 執吉
2026-01-18乙未破柳丑 OxFailed requirement: not_month_break大凶
2026-01-19丙申危星寅 Tiger建除 危 · 黃道平
2026-01-20丁酉成張卯 Rabbit建除 成 · 宿 張上吉
2026-01-21戊戌收翼辰 Dragon建除 收 · 黃道吉
2026-01-22己亥開軫巳 SnakeFailed requirement: not_year_break大凶
2026-01-23庚子閉角午 Horse天德 · 月德 · 建除 閉上吉
2026-01-24辛丑建亢未 Goat建除 建 · 宿 亢平
2026-01-25壬寅除氐申 Monkey建除 除 · 宿 氐 · 黃道平
2026-01-26癸卯滿房酉 Rooster黃道吉
2026-01-27甲辰平心戌 Dog建除 平平
2026-01-28乙巳定尾亥 Pig天德合 · 月德合 · 建除 定上吉
2026-01-29丙午執箕子 Rat建除 執 · 宿 箕吉
2026-01-30丁未破斗丑 OxFailed requirement: not_month_break大凶
2026-01-31戊申危牛寅 Tiger建除 危 · 黃道平
Personalised next step

BaZi-Aligned Date Report — January 2026

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A personalised PDF that re-ranks every contract signing-suitable day in January 2026 against your BaZi (and, for weddings/ROM, your partner’s BaZi). It surfaces:

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See the full glossary of classical date-selection terms in the BaZi Glossary & Auxiliary Stars.

Further reading from the blog

Selected posts from Master Sean Chan's blog covering this topic and closely related ones in practice:

Frequently asked

Why isn’t my day on the list of top 5?

The top list is the universal ranking before any personal adjustment. Many couples find their best date isn’t in the top 5. Once you account for your day pillars, the right day often shifts. That’s exactly the gap the BaZi-Aligned Date Report fills.

What does 大凶 mean and can it ever be overridden?

大凶 means the day fails a hard classical requirement: 月破 (month break), 歲破 (year break), or 四離/四絕 (a quarter-day boundary). These cannot be overridden by personal alignment; they are excluded categorically. Choose another day.

Why don’t you show times here?

Hour selection is personal. The right hour depends on your day pillar and the chosen day’s element relationship to it. Publishing universal “auspicious hours” misleads readers into thinking a generic hour is safe; it isn’t. Hours are included in the personalised report.

Where do these scores come from?

The classical Tong Shu (通書) tradition: 建除十二神 (Twelve Officers), 二十八宿 (Twenty-Eight Mansions), 月德 / 天德 (monthly and yearly virtue stars), 黃黑道 (Yellow/Black Dao), and the Dong Gong (董公) per-purpose rules. We compute these directly from astronomical solar terms — no app shortcuts.

If a contract is signed on a 大凶 day, is the contract void?

Legally no — the document is binding regardless. Energetically the method holds that the agreement carries the day’s deficits (month break weakens its longevity; year break invites reversal). Choose another day if at all possible; if you can’t, the personalised report identifies the least-bad alternative.

Methodology

Day pillars derive from the standard 60 Jiazi anchor (sexagenary day cycle, anchored against the published Tong Shu). Year pillars switch on Li Chun (立春), the first solar term of the BaZi year, computed from the truncated VSOP87 series for solar longitude. Month pillars switch on each sectional solar term. The Twelve Officers are the day branch’s offset from the month branch; the Twenty-Eight Mansions cycle every 28 days against an authoritative anchor.

Per-purpose rules follow the Dong Gong (董公擇日) tradition with adjustments encoded in our open purpose_rules.yaml. Scores are additive over the day’s present 神煞, the officer/mansion preference, and the Yellow Dao bonus, then clamped to 0–100 and classified.