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Chinese calendar, 19 June 1968
19 June 1968 is lunar month 5, day 24, 1968, the Earth Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Monkey. 27 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Wednesday
June 1968
Lunar date
5th Month · 24th Day
一九六八年五月廿四
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 24 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1968-06-19
The daily almanac & observances
庚申 Yang Metal Monkey
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Monkey.
Read this stem against your Day Master →Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.
宜 Traditionally suitable
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Travel出行
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Open a business or market开市
- Receive funds纳财
- Lay a foundation起基
- Build or renovate修造
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Install an incense altar安香
- Repair a wall补垣
- Seal openings塞穴
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Release or drain water放水
- Clean the house扫舍
- Build a storehouse造仓
- Build a boat造船
- Plant crops栽种
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 5 · 30 days
27 May 1968–25 June 1968. 6 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
31 July 1968 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
June 1968 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 5/9
Full moon
Lunar 5/16
Last quarter
Lunar 5/23
New moon
Lunar 6/1
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
The surrounding month
Explore the days around 19 June 1968
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Calendar terms explained
This day in the traditional cycles
Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.
- Day pillar 日柱
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申— this date’s position in the repeating 60-day stem–branch cycle.Hidden stems are stems conventionally contained in the day pillar’s earthly branch. Primary is the main layer; middle and residual are secondary layers.
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (primary)
- Yang Water · Rén 壬 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Pomegranate Wood · 石榴木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Winnowing Basket · 箕— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Leopard creature (豹) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Full · 满— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张The verse cautions against positioning a bed, saying spirits may enter the room.申不安床鬼祟入房Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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