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Calculator Guide

Every calculator on this site is free and works the same way: choose the tool, fill in the details, and read the result. This guide helps you pick the right tool and understand each step.

  1. 1

    Choose a calculator

    Start from your goal, or open the tool you need directly.

  2. 2

    Fill in the details

    Usually a birth date is enough. Some tools ask for a birth time or a name.

  3. 3

    Read the result

    It appears on the same page, with an explanation of each part.

Start from your goal

Not sure where to begin? Pick the one closest to your question.

Guide to each calculator

Find Your Weton

Weton, neptu, wuku, Javanese date, and Betaljemur readings from a birth date.

What to prepare

  • Birth date
  • Born before or after sunset

Steps

  1. 1Enter the birth date.
  2. 2Choose before or after sunset. The Javanese day changes at sunset.
  3. 3Press Find my weton.
  4. 4Read your weton and neptu, then scroll for the Javanese date, wuku, and book chapters.

Tip: Born after midnight? Enter the new calendar date and choose before sunset.

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Weton Compatibility

How two weton match by the neptu count and seven ways of the Betaljemur.

What to prepare

  • Your birth date
  • Your partner's birth date
  • Both names (optional)

Steps

  1. 1Enter your birth date and your partner's, with the time of birth.
  2. 2If you like, add both names for the name counts.
  3. 3Press See compatibility.
  4. 4Read the main result (Pegat to Pesthi), then the book's other counts.

Tip: Each count can give a different result. Read it as something to talk about, not a verdict.

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Good Days

A month calendar marking good, fair, and avoided days for one purpose.

What to prepare

  • Purpose
  • Month and year

Steps

  1. 1Choose a purpose: wedding, moving house, building, long journey, trade, or official matters.
  2. 2Choose the month and year.
  3. 3Press Find good days.
  4. 4Look at the coloured calendar, then read the reasons under each day.

Tip: A day is marked to avoid if any one chapter of the book advises against it.

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Closing & Opening the Year

The days of the Javanese new year, the nature of the year, good months, and the eve of 1 Sura.

What to prepare

  • A range of Gregorian years

Steps

  1. 1Enter the first and last Gregorian year, at most 8 years.
  2. 2Press Set out the Javanese years.
  3. 3Read each year's card: the eve of 1 Sura, the nature of the year, and its good months.
  4. 4Scroll down for the practices of closing and opening the year and the meaning of the offerings.

Tip: Printed calendars or the announcement of 1 Muharram can differ from this count by a day.

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Tarot & Primbon New Year

Five tarot cards for the year from your birth date, joined with your weton, wuku, shio, and Javanese year.

What to prepare

  • Date of birth
  • Birth time or before/after sunset
  • Year to read

Steps

  1. 1Enter your birth date, then your birth time if you know it. If not, choose before or after sunset.
  2. 2Enter the year to read; it starts at this year.
  3. 3Press Turn my year cards, then tap the five cards one by one.
  4. 4Read the blended reading, the wuku selamatan, the good months, and the balancing element.

Tip: The sunset choice changes the weton and wuku, but not the tarot cards.

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Check a Day

Check one date against na'as days, Taliwangke, directions, and the times of the day.

What to prepare

  • One date

Steps

  1. 1Enter the date to check.
  2. 2Press Check this day.
  3. 3Read the cautions, the direction of the dragon, and the good times of that day.

Tip: Useful for checking a date you have already chosen.

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Names

Character from the letters of a name in Javanese script, two names together, and name and village.

What to prepare

  • Your name
  • A partner's name or a village (as chosen)

Steps

  1. 1Choose a reading: my name, two names together, or name and place of residence.
  2. 2Enter the name, and the second name if asked.
  3. 3Press Read the name.
  4. 4See the Javanese letters used, then read the character and the count.

Tip: Spelling matters. Use the spelling you normally write.

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House Measures

Rafters, steps, yard gates, and the distance and place of a well in the primbon.

What to prepare

  • What to count
  • The number or measure
  • Facing (for gates and wells)

Steps

  1. 1Choose what to count, such as rafters, steps, or the place of a well.
  2. 2Enter the number, and the direction if asked.
  3. 3Press Count.
  4. 4Read the name of the count and its reading.

Tip: Open the guide under the form to see how to measure each kind.

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BaZi Calculator

Four pillars, five elements, career, love, luck pillars, feng shui, and the Destiny Matrix.

What to prepare

  • Birth date
  • Birth time (recommended)
  • Time zone
  • Gender

Steps

  1. 1Enter the birth date, and the birth time if you know it.
  2. 2Choose the time zone of the birthplace and the gender.
  3. 3Press Calculate my chart.
  4. 4Read the four pillars at the top, then open the reading tabs one by one.

Tip: Without a birth time the hour pillar is left out, but the rest of the reading is complete.

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Zi Wei, Qi Men & Feng Shui

Twelve Zi Wei palaces, a Qi Men timing chart, and your home's Flying Stars in three tabs.

What to prepare

  • Birth date and time
  • Gender
  • House facing
  • Year the house was built

Steps

  1. 1Fill in the birth profile. The birth time is required for Zi Wei.
  2. 2Enter the house facing. Type the bearing from a phone compass if needed.
  3. 3Enter the building year, then press Calculate all modules.
  4. 4Switch tabs, and slide the hour in the Qi Men tab to watch the chart change.

Tip: Open the facing guide in the form before measuring with a compass.

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Destiny Matrix

The 22-arcana octagram from a birth date, money and love lines, and a chakra map.

What to prepare

  • Birth day, month, and year

Steps

  1. 1Choose the day and month, and enter the year of birth.
  2. 2Press Calculate Matrix.
  3. 3Touch or hover over any point of the star to read its meaning.
  4. 4Scroll for the talent, money, love, and soul-mission summaries and each chakra's reading.

Tip: Gender does not change the matrix numbers.

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General tips

The nature of readings and the limits of our responsibility are set out on the Terms page.