Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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.
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10/27......................................................10/24.............................Monthly Information
This is one in a never-ending series—following the movements of the calendar—in Round and Square perpetuity. It is today's date in the Chinese lunar calendar, along with basic translation and minimal interpretation. Unless you have been studying lunar calendars (and Chinese culture) for many years, you will likely find yourself asking "what does that mean?" I would caution that "it" doesn't "mean" any one thing. There are clusters of meaning, and they require patience, reflection, careful reading, and, well, a little bit of ethnographic fieldwork. The best place to start is the introduction to "Calendars and Almanacs" on this blog. I teach a semester-long course on this topic and, trust
me, it takes a little bit of time to get used to the lunar calendar. Some of the material is readily accessible; some of it is impenetrable, even after many years. 10/27......................................................10/24.............................Monthly Information
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
(top to bottom; right to left
廿
七
一期星
Tenth Month, Twenty-Seventh Day
Astral Period One
Monday, October 27
Monday, October 27
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
六歲
合支
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
Six Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶凶
酉己丑
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶凶
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
中吉吉
亥未卯
中吉吉
亥未卯
中中吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
09:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
09:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
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
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
造合
酒醬
Mixing Sauces
Making Liquor
造合
酒醬
Mixing Sauces
Making Liquor
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
四
辛
辛
未
土
土
張
收
收
Fourth Day (Intercalary Ninth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: xinwei (8/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Drawn Bow (26/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
祭
祀
嫁
娶
捕
捉
田
獵
朱下
雀兀
反地
支囊
祭
祀
嫁
娶
捕
捉
田
獵
朱下
雀兀
反地
支囊
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Seizing and Capturing
Field Venery
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Seizing and Capturing
Field Venery
Baleful Astral Influences
Lower Amputee
Earth Duffel
Vermilion Bird
Contrary Branch
Earth Duffel
Vermilion Bird
Contrary Branch
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
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(right to left)
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Information
廚
厠 灶
厠 灶
Kitchen
Toilet, Stove
Toilet, Stove
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