Chinese almanac: June 1996
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1 | 4/16 | Blocking holes, Making nets, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Jun 2 | 4/17 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Setting out on a journey, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Breaking ground, Raising the roof beam, Digging a grave site, Burial | Moving house, Moving into a new home |
| Jun 3 | 4/18 | Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Meeting family and friends, Placing a bed, Building a stove, Building an animal shelter | Opening for business, Burial |
| Jun 4 | 4/19 | Ritual bathing, Levelling roads, House cleaning, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Burial, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Jun 5 | 4/20 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Haircut, Trimming nails, Repairing walls, Levelling roads, Nothing else | Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Setting out on a journey, Repairs and building, Lawsuits |
| Jun 6 | 4/21 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting out on a journey, Signing a deed, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Burial | Consecrating an image, Building a stove, Roofing, Setting up scaffolding, Opening a storehouse |
| Jun 7 | 4/22 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Coming-of-age rite, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Setting out on a journey, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Roofing, Laying foundations, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Setting pillar bases, Installing a door, Digging a pond | Wedding, Opening for business, Making one’s own coffin, Burial |
| Jun 8 | 4/23 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Moving into a new home, Wedding, Moving house |
| Jun 9 | 4/24 | Wedding, Installing machinery, Trading, Setting out on a journey, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Temple rites, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Making bed curtains, Cutting cloth, Releasing water, Digging a pond, Digging a well | Building a stove, Haircut, Building a bridge, Funeral procession, Burial |
| Jun 10 | 4/25 | Betrothal gifts, Coming-of-age rite, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Opening for business, Signing a deed, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Installing machinery, Digging a grave site, Burial | Temple rites, Rites and offerings, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Raising the roof beam, Wedding |
| Jun 11 | 4/26 | Rites and offerings, Building a stove, Nothing else | Opening for business, Burial, Digging a grave site, Repairing a grave, Digging a well |
| Jun 12 | 4/27 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Temple rites, Setting up incense, Clearing and cleaning, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Meeting family and friends, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Preparing one’s own grave, Making one’s own coffin | Making bed curtains, Raising the roof beam, Setting up a loom, Burial, Encoffining |
| Jun 13 | 4/28 | Wedding, Coming-of-age rite, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Building a stove, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Patching a wall, Blocking holes, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Setting up scaffolding, Laying foundations, Setting pillar bases, Digging a pond, Building a boat | Praying for blessings, Consecrating an image, Digging a well, Opening for business, Burial |
| Jun 14 | 4/29 | Rites and offerings, Trading, Receiving money | Temple rites, Digging a channel, Raising the roof beam, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Jun 15 | 4/30 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Coming-of-age rite, Meeting family and friends, Installing machinery, Making carts, Rites and offerings, Setting out on a journey, Receiving money, Moving into a new home, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Starting school, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Demolition, Laying foundations, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Raising livestock, Planting, Installing a door, Building a toilet | Funeral procession, Felling trees, Making beams, Building a stove |
| Jun 16 | 5/1 | Consecrating an image, Praying for children, Setting out on a journey, Coming-of-age rite, Wedding, Felling trees, Setting up scaffolding, Cutting mortises, Repairs and building, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Hanging a sign, Laying foundations, Preparing one’s own grave, Making one’s own coffin, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Burial | Placing a bed, Shipping goods, Building a stove, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Jun 17 | 5/2 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Haircut, Wedding, Building a stove, Trimming nails, House cleaning, Repairing walls, Levelling roads | Temple rites, Setting out on a journey, Treating illness, Making one’s own coffin |
| Jun 18 | 5/3 | Installing machinery, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Setting out on a journey, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Clearing and cleaning, Meeting family and friends, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Demolition, Laying foundations, Setting pillar bases, Roofing, Placing a bed, Digging a grave site, Burial, Encoffining, Erecting a headstone | Opening for business, Felling trees, Making beams, Building a stove |
| Jun 19 | 5/4 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Catching pests, Making nets, Hunting, Fishing, Nothing else | Opening for business, Trading, Wedding, Burial, Funeral procession |
| Jun 20 | 5/5 | Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Hunting, Nothing else | Wedding, Moving into a new home |
| Jun 21 | 5/6 | Wedding, Setting out on a journey, Installing machinery, Rites and offerings, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Treating illness, Setting up a loom, Placing a bed, Making nets, Blocking holes, Digging a grave site, Encoffining | Opening for business, Installing a door, Digging a well, Building a stove |
| Jun 22 | 5/7 | Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Meeting family and friends, Adding to the household, Carving, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Opening for business, Planting, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Burial | None |
| Jun 23 | 5/8 | Rites and offerings, Catching pests, Fishing, Repairing walls, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Jun 24 | 5/9 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Setting out on a journey, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home | Opening for business, Installing a door |
| Jun 25 | 5/10 | Cutting cloth, Building a stove, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Taking in livestock | Wedding, Burial |
| Jun 26 | 5/11 | Rites and offerings, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Opening a tomb, Burial | Raising the roof beam, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Jun 27 | 5/12 | Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Setting out on a journey, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Placing a bed, Meeting family and friends | Moving house, Moving into a new home, Burial |
| Jun 28 | 5/13 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Setting out on a journey, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Opening for business, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Opening a tomb, Burial | Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Jun 29 | 5/14 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, House cleaning, Repairing walls | Funeral procession, Burial |
| Jun 30 | 5/15 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Digging a grave site, Burial | Building a stove |
The almanac is a traditional way of choosing dates, kept here as culture. It isn’t a scientific finding, and shouldn’t decide medical, legal or financial matters.