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Zero-setup live countdown to the Tiankuang Festival (6th day of the 6th lunar month). Automatically handles lunar to Gregorian calendar conversion to help you plan for traditional festivals.
Overview
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Tiankuang Festival is associated with the sixth day of the sixth month in the Chinese lunisolar calendar. That is a lunar date, so its matching Gregorian date changes from year to year. The date rule is the same even when the Western calendar date differs. A Beijing cultural reference describes Tiankuang Festival on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month; it documents a cultural observance, not a US or Chinese public-holiday designation. The National Public Service Platform for Standards Information lists GB/T 33661-2017, Calculation and promulgation of the Chinese calendar, as in force and gives September 1, 2017 as its implementation date. See the Beijing cultural reference and standard record.
Choose a year to see the Gregorian date, its lunar-calendar label, and the time remaining. While the selected date is ahead, the days, hours, minutes, and seconds update each second against your device's local clock. The target is the start of the selected Gregorian date in local time; it is a date countdown rather than a published ceremony start time. After that date passes, the page reports elapsed days and offers a switch to the following year. The header also offers a calendar event control for the displayed observance.
Guide
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Use the year controls to move to the year you are planning. Check the Gregorian date and the accompanying lunar date label before sharing plans.
If the date is upcoming, the display gives the remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds. If the selected date has passed, use the offered next-year control to view the following occurrence.
Open the calendar control to export an event for the selected observance. Check the resulting event date and time zone in your calendar app before relying on it.
For an invitation or event notice, include both the year and Gregorian date. “Sixth day of the sixth lunar month” alone may not tell readers which day to reserve on a civil calendar.
Use cases
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Select the intended year, then share the Gregorian date alongside the lunar date name so relatives can coordinate travel and time off without carrying over a previous year's date.
Use the selected date to set a planning reminder or start a lesson about lunar and Gregorian calendars. Confirm any local program or venue schedule separately; the countdown does not list events.
Check each year individually before scheduling a newsletter or cultural post. The date is tied to the Chinese lunar calendar and should not be substituted with June 6 on the Gregorian calendar.
Q&A
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No. The observance is tied to the sixth day of the sixth Chinese lunar month; its Gregorian date varies by year.
The timer uses the device's local date and time and targets local midnight on the Gregorian date. Check your device time zone when coordinating across regions.
No. It is a date reminder generated for the observance, not an event schedule. Confirm a specific gathering time with its organizer.
Notes
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The timer depends on the clock and time-zone settings of your device. A wrong local setting can make the remaining-time display misleading. The date identifies a traditional Chinese-calendar observance; it does not establish a public holiday, work closure, or local event schedule. Confirm venue, travel, and organizer details with the relevant local source.
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