Auspicious Day on Sweet Thursday Galungan, 18 June 2026, Ideal for Starting a Business
Based on the Balinese calendar, Thursday, 18 June 2026, which coincides with Manis Galungan, is considered a good day for collecting holy water. The Balinese calendar contains ala ayuning dewasa, or auspicious day calculations, used by the Hindu community in Bali to determine the suitability of days for conducting customary and ritual activities.
Here are the ala ayuning dewasa details for Thursday, 18 June 2026, based on Balinese calendar calculations as cited from kalenderbali.org:
Amertayoga: Favourable for building, seeking livelihood, and starting a business or company. (Alahing dewasa 2).
Asuasa: Possesses a wasteful nature; unfavourable for shopping and not suitable for auspicious ceremonies. (Alahing dewasa 3).
Dauh Ayu: Favourable for drafting customary rules, regulations, or laws, and good for construction. (Alahing dewasa 2).
Dewasa Ngelayang: Favourable for building houses, making traditional boats (jukung), and similar items. (Alahing dewasa 2).
Geni Rawana: Favourable for all work involving fire. Unfavourable for roofing houses, conducting purification ceremonies (melaspas), and farming. (Alahing dewasa 2).
Kala Dangastra: Favourable for building boundary walls and making fishing tools. Unfavourable for starting important work or holding ceremonies (gawe ayu). (Alahing dewasa 3).
Kala Jangkut: Favourable for making fishing nets, traps, and weapons. (Alahing dewasa 4).
Kala Pati Jengkang: Favourable for holding cockfights. (Alahing dewasa 4).
Kala Sor: Unfavourable for work related to the earth, such as ploughing, farming, or making tunnels. (Alahing dewasa 3).
Karnasula: Favourable for making wooden gongs (kentongan), priest bells (bajra), drums (kendang), and cowbells (kroncongan). Unfavourable for building bedrooms or holding meetings. (Alahing dewasa 3).
Panca Prawani: Unfavourable for use as an auspicious day. (Alahing dewasa 2).
Pepedan: Favourable for opening new agricultural land. Unfavourable for making iron tools. (Alahing dewasa 3).
Salah Wadi: Unfavourable for performing Manusa Yadnya ceremonies (such as weddings, tooth-filing, or hair-cutting) and Pitra Yadnya ceremonies (such as burial, cremation, nyekah, or ngasti). (Alahing dewasa 3).
Sedana Yoga: Favourable for making trading tools, setting up a place of business, and starting sales, as it is believed to bring abundant fortune. (Alahing dewasa 2).
Siwa Sampurna: Favourable for all types of ceremonies, starting studies or training, and constructing all kinds of buildings. (Alahing dewasa 2).
Sri Tumpuk: Favourable for catching birds (mepikat). (Alahing dewasa 4).
Srigati: Favourable for storing rice in the barn and taking rice out of the barn. (Alahing dewasa 4).
Srigati Munggah: Favourable for seeding or planting rice, making trading tools, making chisels, and storing rice or performing rice ceremonies in the barn. Unfavourable for borrowing items or trading rice. (Alahing dewasa 4).
Taliwangke: Favourable for installing barrier ropes in rice fields or gardens, repairing fences, and making ropes for tying rice or inanimate objects. Unfavourable for starting weaving work or making livestock ropes. (Alahing dewasa 3).
Uncal Balung: Unfavourable for performing any type of work considered important. (Alahing dewasa 3).
Pararasan: Laku Bintang, Pancasuda: Satria Wibawa, Ekajalaresi: Manggih Bagia, Pratiti: Sadayatana.