There is no single Singapore price for choosing an auspicious moving date. One currently published service lists auspicious date selection covering 入宅 (moving into a home) from S$68, while other published examples charge more for additional dates, household analysis, selected hours, explanations, or direct practitioner time.
The useful comparison is not “cheap versus expensive.” It is what question is being answered, what information is checked, what you receive, and whether anyone helps when the preferred date collides with keys, movers, renovation, or family schedules.
Prices in this article were checked on 5 October 2026. They are published examples, not a market average, and providers can revise them.
The S$68 figure is a starting price, not a universal fee
The Ministry of Metaphysics service listing advertises auspicious date selection from S$68 and includes 入宅 among the listed occasions. That is a real Singapore price point, but “from” matters: it is the provider's entry price, not evidence that every moving-house selection costs S$68.
Other published offers package the work differently. Yan Feng Shui's pricing page lists S$188 for four auspicious dates and S$368 for ten, with moving house, renovation, and move-in among the supported events. House of Feng Shui lists date selection from S$680 and describes a broader set of methods used in its consultations.
Those three figures should not be turned into a neat “market range.” They do not describe identical deliverables, and a small sample of public price pages cannot establish what the whole Singapore market charges. They show something more useful: the label “date selection” can cover very different amounts of work.
What changes the price of moving-house date selection
A quote makes more sense when you separate the layers inside it.
A general date or a household-specific date
A general almanac can identify dates traditionally associated with moving. A personalized selection can also consider the people moving into the home.
The difference is scope, not a claim that one provider is more accurate than another. Ask whose birth details are checked, whether the whole household is included, and how the practitioner handles a day that suits one person but conflicts with another.
The day alone or the day and hour
Some services provide dates. Others provide a date together with a selected time for first entry or the move-in sequence. If an hour is part of the deliverable, find out whether it is a broad time window or a specific hour, and whether it is adjusted for the property's location.
This matters operationally. A selected hour is useful only if the household, building access, lift booking, and movers can realistically meet it.
One recommendation or several workable options
The number of dates is one visible reason packages differ. Yan Feng Shui, for example, publishes separate prices for four-date and ten-date selections.
More options can help when the key handover, tenancy end, renovation completion, weekends, or mover availability creates a narrow window. But a longer list is not automatically more valuable. Four dates that fit the household's real constraints may be more useful than ten dates that were selected before those constraints were supplied.
A date list or an explained recommendation
Ask what arrives at the end: a list, a report, a call, selected hours, reasons for each choice, instructions for 入伙, or some combination of these.
One published example makes the distinction concrete. Bazi.sg's moving-house service lists S$180 per event for two dates with selected hours, plain-language reasons, an 入宅 sequence, and one adjustment when logistics rule out a proposed date. That does not make it a benchmark for every practitioner; it shows how a fee can include interpretation and revision rather than only calendar output.
Date selection alone or a wider home consultation
A moving date may be sold on its own or included inside a residential feng shui engagement. A wider consultation can cover the property, layout, directions, renovation, and move-in timing, so its fee should not be compared directly with a date-only service.
Before comparing prices, ask whether the quote is for one event or for the home as a whole. Renovation commencement and move-in are separate actions, and a package may include one, both, or neither unless the scope says so.
What a practitioner adds that a tool does not
A practitioner can question incomplete information, weigh competing household constraints, explain a decision, and revise the selection when real life changes. That judgment and conversation are part of the service.
This is why practitioner fees should not be dismissed as payment for looking at a calendar. The person may be charging for chart interpretation, property context, a chosen hour, ritual guidance, a written explanation, and responsibility for resolving trade-offs.
The right question is whether you need those things. A household with several people, a fixed completion window, a property-facing concern, and family expectations may value a practitioner who can work through the whole decision. Someone with a flexible move, clear constraints, and comfort reading the method may prefer a self-service tool.
Neither choice guarantees what happens after moving. Date selection reports how a tradition reads the timing of an action; it does not promise a result.
Where Auspio fits
Auspio is a self-service date finder, not a human consultation. Its current source treats Moving / 搬家 as an activity with its own Day Officer ratings, checks the household owner's zodiac relationship with the day, can include a spouse as a secondary household member, and applies a house-facing caution when that information is available.
The broader score also considers element harmony, lunar-month cautions, and personal affinity. The calculation and its limits are documented on How Auspio Calculates Your Dates.
That makes Auspio useful for building and understanding a shortlist. It does not interview the family, negotiate between relatives, coordinate a mover, interpret an unusual property in conversation, or take responsibility for a bespoke recommendation. Those are meaningful differences, not missing lines on a feature checklist.
Decide what you are paying to resolve
Before booking anything, write down the actual decision:
- Is this 入伙 for a new home, 移徙 (moving into a resale home), or only transporting belongings?
- What is the earliest and latest workable date?
- Which household members must be considered?
- Does the property direction need to be included?
- Do you need a selected hour and move-in sequence?
- How many alternatives will your logistics require?
- What happens if the keys, renovation, or movers are delayed?
Once those answers are clear, the price becomes easier to judge. You are no longer comparing three labels that all say “择日.” You are comparing the exact work needed to make one household decision.
Paying more does not make a date more auspicious by itself. Paying for a wider scope can make the recommendation more personal, better explained, and easier to use when the move has real constraints.
How much does moving-house date selection cost in Singapore?
There is no single standard fee. Published examples checked for this article include a service starting from S$68, a S$180 moving-house service, packages at S$188 for four dates and S$368 for ten, and a date-selection consultation starting from S$680. These offers are not directly comparable, so read the deliverables before treating the figures as a range.
Is the S$68 fee the normal price for 择日?
It is one provider's published starting price for auspicious date selection that includes 入宅 among its occasions. It is not a verified Singapore average and should not be generalized to weddings, business openings, or every moving-house service.
Why do some date-selection services cost more?
The fee may include more household charts, property direction, a selected hour, several alternatives, a written explanation, move-in instructions, practitioner time, or revisions when logistics change. Ask for the exact scope rather than judging from the label alone.
Do I need a practitioner to choose a moving date?
Not always. A self-service method may be enough for a household that understands its event and has a flexible window. A practitioner can be valuable when several charts, family expectations, property questions, or tight logistical constraints need human judgment.
Is an app the same as a professional date-selection consultation?
No. An app can calculate and explain the method it implements consistently. A practitioner can ask follow-up questions, interpret unusual circumstances, balance competing needs, and revise a recommendation through conversation.