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Chinese calendar, 12 June 2028

12 June 2028 is lunar month 5, day 20, 2028, the Earth Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Dragon. 21 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

Since 5 June 2028

12

Monday

June 2028

Lunar date

5th Month · 20th Day

二〇二八二十

Year of the

Earth Monkey

Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申

Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Monkey’s fixed element.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

since 5 June 2028

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 20 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2028-06-12

The daily almanac & observances

12 June 2028
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Heavenly Prison 天牢 · 黑道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Inside this lunar month

Month 5 · 30 days

24 May 202822 June 2028. 10 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

26 August 2028 · 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 2028 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 5/15

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 5/23

  3. New moon

    Lunar leap 5/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar leap 5/7

Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →

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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for June 2028
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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 Earth Dragon · 戊辰— 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 Earth · (primary)
  • Yin Wood · (middle)
  • Yin Water · Guǐ (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
Great Forest Wood · 大林木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
Day animal 生肖
Dragon · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Water Dog · 壬戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Net · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Crow creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Open · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
  • Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
  • Wealth 财神: North (正北)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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