Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
Today's date: *
Today's date: *
As time goes on, I will link all of the sections to lengthy background essays. This will take a while. In the meantime, take a look, read the introduction, and think about all of the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar.
Solar Calendar Date
三
日
日期星
Third month, third day
Astral Period Sun
(Sunday, March 3)
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Section Two
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
福歲
德德
Generational Virtue
Fortunate Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
申辰子
Auspicious Hours
申辰子
凶中中
酉己丑
吉吉吉
戌午寅
凶中凶
亥未卯
凶吉吉
01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
09:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
*The hours above are for Hong Kong. It is up to you if you want to recalibrate or to assume that the cyclicality of the calendar "covers" the rest of the world. This is a greater interpretive challenge than you might think.
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Section Four
Activities to Avoid
Activities to Avoid
忌
行置
喪產
Setting-up Industry
行置
喪產
Setting-up Industry
Mourning Visits
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
Cosmological Information
廿
二
戊
辰
戊
辰
木
虛
虛
滿
Twenty-second day (first lunar month)
Cyclical day: wuchen (5/60)
Phase (element):Wood
Constellation: Void (11/28)
Jianchu Cycle: Full (3/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information)
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information)
宜
理祭
理祭
髮祀
安祈
牀福
結會
綱友
斷裁
蟻衣
三
喪
三
喪
厭密
對日
Appropriate Activities
Paying Reverence
Inquiring into Fortune
Meeting Friends
Cutting-out Clothing
Patterning Hair
Positioning Beds
Binding Nets
Separating Ants
Patterning Hair
Positioning Beds
Binding Nets
Separating Ants
Three Mournings
Miscellaneous Information
Mysterious Days
Pressured Opposition
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Star
人地
Person, Earth
Inauspicious Star
人地
Person, Earth
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Activities
Miscellaneous Activities
房
栖牀
栖牀
Building
Perch, Bed
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