Chinese almanac: June 1998
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1 | 5/7 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Placing a bed, Setting out on a journey, Demolition | Taking in livestock, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Burial, Visiting the sick, Felling trees, Raising the roof beam, Installing a door, Encoffining, Breaking ground |
| Jun 2 | 5/8 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Setting out on a journey, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Building a stove, Blocking holes, Planting, Digging a grave site, Burial | Consecrating an image, Digging a well, Opening a storehouse |
| Jun 3 | 5/9 | Clearing and cleaning, House cleaning, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Jun 4 | 5/10 | Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Hanging a sign, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Demolition, Adding to the household, Moving into a new home, Moving a coffin, Breaking ground, Installing a door, Raising the roof beam, Planting, Digging a grave site, Repairing a grave, Burial | Wedding, Placing a bed, Visiting the sick, Building a stove |
| Jun 5 | 5/11 | Adding to the household, Meeting family and friends | Blocking holes, Raising the roof beam, Breaking ground, Felling trees, Burial, Lawsuits |
| Jun 6 | 5/12 | 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 7 | 5/13 | 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 8 | 5/14 | 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 9 | 5/15 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Catching pests, Making nets, Hunting, Fishing, Nothing else | Opening for business, Trading, Wedding, Burial, Funeral procession |
| Jun 10 | 5/16 | Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Hunting, Nothing else | Wedding, Moving into a new home |
| Jun 11 | 5/17 | 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 12 | 5/18 | 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 13 | 5/19 | Rites and offerings, Catching pests, Fishing, Repairing walls, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Jun 14 | 5/20 | 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 15 | 5/21 | Cutting cloth, Building a stove, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Taking in livestock | Wedding, Burial |
| Jun 16 | 5/22 | Rites and offerings, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Opening a tomb, Burial | Raising the roof beam, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Jun 17 | 5/23 | 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 18 | 5/24 | 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 19 | 5/25 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, House cleaning, Repairing walls | Funeral procession, Burial |
| Jun 20 | 5/26 | 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 |
| Jun 21 | 5/27 | Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Setting out on a journey, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home | Opening for business, Burial |
| Jun 22 | 5/28 | Nothing is favoured | None |
| Jun 23 | 5/29 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial | Consecrating an image, Opening for business |
| Jun 24 | Leap 5/1 | Consecrating an image, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Breaking ground, Raising the roof beam, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial | Wedding |
| Jun 25 | Leap 5/2 | Rites and offerings, Planting, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Jun 26 | Leap 5/3 | Wedding, Consecrating an image, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Setting out on a journey, Clearing and cleaning, Felling trees, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Repairs and building, Raising the roof beam, Planting, Moving a coffin | Burial, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed |
| Jun 27 | Leap 5/4 | Praying for children, Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Making bed curtains, Cutting cloth, Coming-of-age rite, Felling trees, Making beams, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Installing a door, Building a stove, Building a dike, Building an animal shelter | Burial, Setting out on a journey, Praying for blessings, Planting |
| Jun 28 | Leap 5/5 | Rites and offerings, Clearing and cleaning, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Jun 29 | Leap 5/6 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Moving the household altar out, Consecrating an image, Praying for children, Setting out on a journey, Demolition, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Hanging a sign, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Planting, Breaking ground | Burial, Funeral procession, Felling trees, Making beams |
| Jun 30 | Leap 5/7 | Consecrating an image, Praying for children, Setting out on a journey, Clearing and cleaning, Felling trees, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Repairs and building, Raising the roof beam, Laying foundations, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Planting, Raising livestock, Encoffining, Burial, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Buying property, Placing a bed |
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.