Chinese Calendar: January 2026
Every day's favourable and unfavourable activities, Yellow or Black Path and festivals. Only the first few activities are listed; open a day to see them all with their basis.
16 Yellow Path days and 15 Black Path days this month.
- Jan 1 ThuMonth 11, Day 13, 2025 (乙巳年冬月十三) · 乙亥 Yǐ Hài · Close · Vermilion BirdBlack PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Bathe, Cut cloth for clothes, Build embankments, Receive money, Mend walls and fill holes, and moreUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 2 FriMonth 11, Day 14, 2025 (乙巳年冬月十四) · 丙子 Bǐng Zǐ · Establish · Golden CasketYellow PathFavourable (none)Unfavourable Nothing is favourable
- Jan 3 SatMonth 11, Day 15, 2025 (乙巳年冬月十五) · 丁丑 Dīng Chǒu · Remove · Precious LightYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, and moreUnfavourable Coming-of-age rites, Haircut, Trim nails, Seek medical treatment, Hunt, Fish
- Jan 4 SunMonth 11, Day 16, 2025 (乙巳年冬月十六) · 戊寅 Wù Yín · Full · White TigerBlack PathFavourable Receive honours, Submit petitions, Meet relatives and friends, Travel, Take in household members, Cleansing rites, and moreUnfavourable Offer sacrifices, Inherit titles, Take up a post, Attend to official duties, Agree a marriage, Send betrothal gifts, and more
- Jan 5 MonMonth 11, Day 17, 2025 (乙巳年冬月十七) · 己卯 Jǐ Mǎo · Full · Precious LightYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrificesUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 6 TueMonth 11, Day 18, 2025 (乙巳年冬月十八) · 庚辰 Gēng Chén · Balance · White TigerBlack PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Level roadsUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 7 WedMonth 11, Day 19, 2025 (乙巳年冬月十九) · 辛巳 Xīn Sì · Settle · Jade HallYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrificesUnfavourable Travel, Wedding, Cleansing rites, Trim nails, Seek medical treatment, Cast metal, and more
- Jan 8 ThuMonth 11, Day 20, 2025 (乙巳年冬月二十) · 壬午 Rén Wǔ · Hold · Heavenly PrisonBlack PathFavourable Bathe, Haircut, Trim nails, Fell trees, Trap and catch, HuntUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 9 FriMonth 11, Day 21, 2025 (乙巳年冬月廿一) · 癸未 Guǐ Wèi · Break · Black TortoiseBlack PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Demolish buildingsUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 10 SatMonth 11, Day 22, 2025 (乙巳年冬月廿二) · 甲申 Jiǎ Shēn · Danger · Arbiter of FateYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Travel, Take up a post, Attend to official duties, and moreUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Meet relatives and friends, Agree a marriage, Send betrothal gifts, Take in household members, and more
- Jan 11 SunMonth 11, Day 23, 2025 (乙巳年冬月廿三) · 乙酉 Yǐ Yǒu · Success · Gou ChenBlack PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Bathe, Haircut, Seek medical treatment, Sweep the houseUnfavourable Meet relatives and friends, Trim nails, Hunt, Fish, Plant
- Jan 12 MonMonth 11, Day 24, 2025 (乙巳年冬月廿四) · 丙戌 Bǐng Xū · Receive · Azure DragonYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Trap and catch, HuntUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 13 TueMonth 11, Day 25, 2025 (乙巳年冬月廿五) · 丁亥 Dīng Hài · Open · Bright HallYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, BatheUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 14 WedMonth 11, Day 26, 2025 (乙巳年冬月廿六) · 戊子 Wù Zǐ · Close · Heavenly PunishmentBlack PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, BatheUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 15 ThuMonth 11, Day 27, 2025 (乙巳年冬月廿七) · 己丑 Jǐ Chǒu · Establish · Vermilion BirdBlack PathFavourable Cut cloth for clothesUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Coming-of-age rites, Travel, and more
- Jan 16 FriMonth 11, Day 28, 2025 (乙巳年冬月廿八) · 庚寅 Gēng Yín · Remove · Golden CasketYellow PathFavourable Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, Take up a post, Attend to official duties, and moreUnfavourable Offer sacrifices, Travel, Seek medical treatment, Repair storehouses, Weaving, Release goods from storehouses, and more
- Jan 17 SatMonth 11, Day 29, 2025 (乙巳年冬月廿九) · 辛卯 Xīn Mǎo · Full · Precious LightYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrificesUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 18 SunMonth 11, Day 30, 2025 (乙巳年冬月三十) · 壬辰 Rén Chén · Balance · White TigerBlack PathFavourable (none)Unfavourable Nothing is favourable
- Jan 19 MonMonth 12, Day 1, 2025 (乙巳年腊月初一) · 癸巳 Guǐ Sì · Settle · Jade HallYellow PathFavourable Meet relatives and friends, Coming-of-age rites, Attend to official duties, Agree a marriage, Send betrothal gifts, Take in household members, and moreUnfavourable Travel, Wedding, Cleansing rites, Trim nails, Seek medical treatment, Build embankments, and more
- Jan 20 TueMonth 12, Day 2, 2025 (乙巳年腊月初二) · 甲午 Jiǎ Wǔ · Hold · Heavenly PrisonBlack PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Bathe, Haircut, Trim nails, Cut cloth for clothes, Fell trees, and moreUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 21 WedMonth 12, Day 3, 2025 (乙巳年腊月初三) · 乙未 Yǐ Wèi · Break · Black TortoiseBlack PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Cleansing ritesUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 22 ThuMonth 12, Day 4, 2025 (乙巳年腊月初四) · 丙申 Bǐng Shēn · Danger · Arbiter of FateYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Bathe, Haircut, Trim nails, Weaving, Brewing, and moreUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Meet relatives and friends, Agree a marriage, and more
- Jan 23 FriMonth 12, Day 5, 2025 (乙巳年腊月初五) · 丁酉 Dīng Yǒu · Success · Gou ChenBlack PathFavourable Bathe, Trim nails, Seek medical treatment, Sweep the houseUnfavourable Meet relatives and friends, Haircut, Build embankments, Build and break ground, Repair storehouses, Prepare a delivery room, and more
- Jan 24 SatMonth 12, Day 6, 2025 (乙巳年腊月初六) · 戊戌 Wù Xū · Receive · Azure DragonYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Trap and catch, HuntUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 25 SunMonth 12, Day 7, 2025 (乙巳年腊月初七) · 己亥 Jǐ Hài · Open · Bright HallYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Begin schooling, BatheUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 26 MonMonth 12, Day 8, 2025 (乙巳年腊月初八) · 庚子 Gēng Zǐ · Close · Heavenly PunishmentBlack Path · Laba FestivalFavourable Offer sacrifices, Bathe, Cut cloth for clothes, Brewing, Burial, Exhume for reburialUnfavourable Move house, Return from afar, Seek medical treatment, Treat the eyes, Acupuncture, Build embankments, and more
- Jan 27 TueMonth 12, Day 9, 2025 (乙巳年腊月初九) · 辛丑 Xīn Chǒu · Establish · Vermilion BirdBlack PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Meet relatives and friends, Agree a marriage, Send betrothal gifts, and moreUnfavourable Receive honours, Submit petitions, Coming-of-age rites, Travel, Take up a post, Attend to official duties, and more
- Jan 28 WedMonth 12, Day 10, 2025 (乙巳年腊月初十) · 壬寅 Rén Yín · Remove · Golden CasketYellow PathFavourable Bathe, Sweep the houseUnfavourable Offer sacrifices, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Travel, Seek medical treatment, Build embankments, and more
- Jan 29 ThuMonth 12, Day 11, 2025 (乙巳年腊月十一) · 癸卯 Guǐ Mǎo · Full · Precious LightYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrificesUnfavourable Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, Meet relatives and friends, and more
- Jan 30 FriMonth 12, Day 12, 2025 (乙巳年腊月十二) · 甲辰 Jiǎ Chén · Balance · White TigerBlack PathFavourable (none)Unfavourable Nothing is favourable
- Jan 31 SatMonth 12, Day 13, 2025 (乙巳年腊月十三) · 乙巳 Yǐ Sì · Settle · Jade HallYellow PathFavourable Offer sacrifices, Pray for blessings, Pray for offspring, Receive honours, Submit petitions, Inherit titles, and moreUnfavourable Travel, Seek medical treatment, Build embankments, Build and break ground, Repair storehouses, Cast metal, and more
Auspicious days in January 2026
Notes and sources
Lunar dates and solar terms are computed for Beijing time. The stem-branch year starts at Start of Spring and each month at its solar term, as in the BaZi chart; the lunar year and zodiac animal start at Chinese New Year.
The twelve day officers follow the Imperial Almanac (Xieji Bianfang Shu), chapter on the Twelve Day Officers: 正月建寅則寅日起建順行十二辰
除危定執成開為吉建破平收滿閉為凶
The Yellow and Black Path spirits follow chapter 7 of the Imperial Almanac: counted from the month's Heavenly Ridge, Azure Dragon, Bright Hall, Golden Casket, Precious Light, Jade Hall and Arbiter of Fate are the Yellow Path; Heavenly Punishment, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Heavenly Prison, Black Tortoise and Gou Chen are the Black Path. Chapter 10 adds that the Yellow Path spirits follow the day's other good or bad spirits, so a Yellow Path day is not good for everything; the day's listed activities decide: 黄黒二道者黄道六黑道六共十有二以配十有二辰
青龍明堂金匱寶光玉堂司命與吉神併則從所宜與凶神併則從所忌
Favourable and unfavourable activities follow the Imperial Almanac (Xieji Bianfang Shu): chapters 3–9 give each day's spirits, chapter 10 what each spirit favours or forbids and how good and bad spirits are weighed, and the activities are listed as the sixty of chapter 11. Spirits that vary by year and are absent from the book's monthly tables (such as the Long and Short Stars, monthly taboo days and Earth in Command) are also applied to the actual date.
The results have been checked page by page against 75 pages of the book's monthly tables (chapters 20–31). Where the tables disagree with the text, or with themselves, the text and the majority of pages are followed.
English names of the spirits and activities are this site's translations; the Chinese names are those of the book.
Other calendars: Islamic dates follow Saudi Arabia's official Umm al-Qura calendar, available from August 1924 to November 2077; Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and others announce dates by their own official moon sighting, which may differ by a day, so local announcements prevail. The Thai Buddhist Era is the Gregorian year plus 543 from 1941; before that the Thai year began on 1 April. Japanese era years count from the first day of each era, and future dates assume the current era.