Chinese Calendar January 2027: Lunar Dates, Day Officers and Auspicious Days

January 2027 has 31 days in the Gregorian calendar, and the Chinese calendar cuts them twice over. The lunar calendar runs lunar month 11 (十一月) from 1 January 2027 to 7 January 2027 and lunar month 12 (十二月) from 8 January 2027 to 31 January 2027. The solar half of the same system — the one the almanac uses to set each day's pillar — hands the month over from the Rat month 庚子 to the Ox month 辛丑 at Minor Cold (小寒) on 5 Jan 2027, 22:09 (Beijing time, UTC+8).

Two solar terms fall in January 2027: Minor Cold (小寒) on 5 Jan 2027, 22:09 (Beijing time, UTC+8) and Major Cold (大寒) on 20 Jan 2027, 15:29 (Beijing time, UTC+8). The almanac (通书 / 黄历) entry for each of the 31 days in the table below carries its own stem-branch day pillar, one of the twelve Day Officers, the animal the day clashes with, and the activities the classical tables mark as favourable.

Every day in January 2027 still belongs to the 丙午 year, not to 2027's 丁未 Fire Goat: the Chinese solar year turns over at Lichun, 4 Feb 2027, 09:46 (Beijing time, UTC+8), and the lunar year at Chinese New Year on 6 February 2027. Both of those are still ahead. The 8 dates this month that pass the strict almanac filter are therefore checked against the previous year's Tai Sui.

Under the strict reading used on this site — Day Officer Stable, Success or Open, the activity listed as favourable and not as unfavourable, no Sui Po day and no four-separation day — January 2027 has 3 wedding dates, 4 for moving house and 1 for opening a business. 9 of the 31 days carry a Destruction or Danger officer or are Year Breaker days, and are listed further down as days to take slowly.

The Day Officer (建除十二神) is counted from the solar month's branch: the day whose branch matches the month's is Establish (建), and the twelve run in order from there. Days up to 2027-01-04 are counted from the Rat month 庚子, the rest from the Ox month 辛丑.

Two rules put a day on this list: a Day Officer of Destruction (破) or Danger (危) — the two the classical tables rate lowest for starting anything — and the Year Breaker (岁破) days, whose branch clashes with the year branch. Nothing here is forbidden; the tradition is to keep such days for maintenance, clearing out and repairs rather than for beginnings.