Chinese almanac: July 2062
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1 | 5/25 | 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 |
| Jul 2 | 5/26 | 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 |
| Jul 3 | 5/27 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Catching pests, Making nets, Hunting, Fishing, Nothing else | Opening for business, Trading, Wedding, Burial, Funeral procession |
| Jul 4 | 5/28 | Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Hunting, Nothing else | Wedding, Moving into a new home |
| Jul 5 | 5/29 | 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 |
| Jul 6 | 5/30 | 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 |
| Jul 7 | 6/1 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Moving the household altar out, Setting out on a journey, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Adding to the household, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Hanging a sign, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Planting, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Thanking the earth, Burial | Digging a well, Felling trees, Taking in livestock, Making one’s own coffin |
| Jul 8 | 6/2 | Rites and offerings, Coming-of-age rite, Building a stove, Trading, Receiving money, Planting, Making nets, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Adding to the household | Digging a channel, Building a boat, Placing a bed, Burial, Digging a grave site, Setting out on a journey, Repairing a grave, Digging a well, Opening for business, Preparing one’s own grave |
| Jul 9 | 6/3 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Betrothal gifts, Cutting cloth, Coming-of-age rite, Consecrating an image, Placing a bed, Making beams, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Building a stove, Laying foundations, Raising the roof beam, Roofing, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock | Moving house, Planting, Setting out on a journey, Funeral procession, Digging a grave site, Burial, Lawsuits |
| Jul 10 | 6/4 | Setting up a loom, Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Patching a wall, Blocking holes, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Encoffining, Opening a tomb, Erecting a headstone | Consecrating an image, Treating illness, Wedding, Digging a well, Digging a grave site, Burial |
| Jul 11 | 6/5 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Setting out on a journey, Cutting cloth, Coming-of-age rite, Trading, Carving, Receiving money, Building an animal shelter, Making carts, Training oxen and horses | Moving house, Moving into a new home, Planting, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Building a stove, Burial, Funeral procession, Felling trees, Raising the roof beam |
| Jul 12 | 6/6 | Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Installing machinery, Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Clearing and cleaning, Demolition, Treating illness, Building a stove, Roofing, Laying foundations, Digging a pond, House cleaning, Building an animal shelter, Preparing one’s own grave, Making one’s own coffin, Burial, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Moving a coffin, Encoffining, Erecting a headstone | Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Setting out on a journey, Placing a bed |
| Jul 13 | 6/7 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Making carts, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Demolition, Laying foundations, Placing a bed, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Planting, Raising livestock, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Opening a tomb | Raising the roof beam, Moving into a new home, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites |
| Jul 14 | 6/8 | Rites and offerings, Wedding, Hunting, Making nets | Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Treating illness, Digging a channel |
| Jul 15 | 6/9 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Meeting family and friends, Starting school, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Clearing and cleaning, Haircut, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Building a storehouse, Planting, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock | Wedding, Building a stove, Moving the household altar out, Buying property, Moving into a new home, Burial |
| Jul 16 | 6/10 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Clearing and cleaning, Trimming nails, Placing a bed, Ritual bathing, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Burial, Thanking the earth | Wedding, Temple rites, Opening for business, Moving the household altar out, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Setting out on a journey, Building a stove, Installing a door, Felling trees |
| Jul 17 | 6/11 | Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Clearing and cleaning, Nothing else | Wedding, Burial |
| Jul 18 | 6/12 | Wedding, Opening for business, Signing a deed, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Installing machinery, Meeting family and friends, Setting up a loom, Installing a door, Placing a bed, Hanging a sign, Demolition, Opening a storehouse, Shipping goods, Digging a pond, Planting, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Digging a grave site, Burial, Opening a tomb, Moving a coffin, Encoffining, Erecting a headstone | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Visiting the sick, Thanking the earth, Building a bridge |
| Jul 19 | 6/13 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Consecrating an image, Meeting family and friends, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Roofing, Laying foundations, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Installing a door, Setting up a mill, Building a dike, Digging a pond, Digging a grave site, Burial, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Moving into a new home, Opening for business, Digging a well, Lawsuits, Making one’s own coffin |
| Jul 20 | 6/14 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Wedding, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Setting out on a journey, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Meeting family and friends, Clearing and cleaning, Starting school, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Demolition, Roofing, Laying foundations, Planting, Raising livestock, Taking in livestock | Burial, Digging a grave site, Opening for business, Opening a storehouse, Shipping goods, Opening a tomb |
| Jul 21 | 6/15 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Wedding, Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Moving the household altar out, Treating illness, Learning a craft, Felling trees, Roofing, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Placing a bed, Building a stove, Setting up a mill, Hanging a sign, Digging a well, Taking in livestock | Setting out on a journey, Burial, Building a bridge |
| Jul 22 | 6/16 | Rites and offerings, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Burial, Blocking holes, Clearing out ants, Making nets | Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Wedding, Consecrating an image, Roofing |
| Jul 23 | 6/17 | Rites and offerings, Repairs and building, Setting out on a journey, Roofing, Raising pillars, Making carts, Training oxen and horses, Building an animal shelter, Harvesting honey | Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Digging a well, Burial |
| Jul 24 | 6/18 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Starting school, Clearing and cleaning, House cleaning, Treating illness, Digging a pond, Raising livestock | Wedding, Setting out on a journey, Betrothal gifts, Moving into a new home, Building a stove |
| Jul 25 | 6/19 | Receiving money, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Setting out on a journey, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Clearing and cleaning, House cleaning, Laying foundations, Raising pillars, Placing a bed, Moving house, Opening a storehouse, Shipping goods, Patching a wall, Blocking holes, Planting, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock | Temple rites, Moving into a new home, Installing a door, Burial, Digging a grave site, Funeral procession |
| Jul 26 | 6/20 | Rites and offerings, Repairing walls, Levelling roads | Opening for business, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Wedding, Repairs and building, Burial |
| Jul 27 | 6/21 | Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Consecrating an image, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Signing a deed, Installing machinery, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Meeting family and friends, Placing a bed, Demolition, Hanging a sign, Raising livestock, Training oxen and horses | Wedding, Burial, Funeral procession, Digging a grave site, Repairing a grave |
| Jul 28 | 6/22 | Ritual bathing, Haircut, Catching pests, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Burial | Moving the household altar out, Wedding, Moving into a new home, Building a stove, Raising the roof beam, Breaking ground |
| Jul 29 | 6/23 | Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Wedding, Setting out on a journey |
| Jul 30 | 6/24 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Wedding, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Meeting family and friends, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Roofing, Laying foundations, Placing a bed, Building a stove, Hanging a sign, Burial, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Erecting a headstone, Encoffining, Moving a coffin | Praying for blessings, Raising the roof beam, Opening a storehouse, Digging a well, Raising livestock |
| Jul 31 | 6/25 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Setting out on a journey, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Installing machinery, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Building a temple, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Burial, Thanking the earth | Wedding, Opening for business, Planting, Making one’s own coffin |
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.