Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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12/4.........................................................................................................................11/27
12/4.........................................................................................................................11/27
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.
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.
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
四期星
Eleventh Month, Twenty-Seventh Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, November 27
Thursday, November 27
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
時歲
德祿
德祿
Generational Emolument
Timely Yin
Timely Yin
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中凶
酉己丑
中凶吉
戌午寅
吉中吉
亥未卯
吉中吉
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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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01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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)
忌
祭開
祀渠
Opening Sluices
Venerating Ancestors
祭開
祀渠
Opening Sluices
Venerating Ancestors
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
六
壬
六
壬
寅
金
金
角
平
平
Sixth Day (Tenth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renyin (39/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Horn (1/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
開出
市行
動嫁
土娶
上移
樑徙
天
氣
上
升
地
氣
下
降
重虎
喪口
開出
市行
動嫁
土娶
上移
樑徙
天
氣
上
升
地
氣
下
降
重虎
喪口
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Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Moving Soil
Putting-up Beams
Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Moving Soil
Putting-up Beams
Heaven's Essence Rises; Earth's Essence Sinks
(the fifty-ninth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Tiger Mouth
Repeat Mourning
Repeat Mourning
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
丫 鬼
Bifurcation, Ghost
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(right to left)
丫 鬼
Bifurcation, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Information
倉
倉
爐 庫
Granary
Furnace, Storehouse
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