Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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3/1.................................................................................................................2/22
3/1.................................................................................................................2/22
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.
(top to bottom; right to left
廿
二
日期星
Second Month, Twenty-Second Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, February 22
Sunday, February 22
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
相歲
日馬
日馬
Generational Horse
Facing Days
Facing Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中吉
酉己丑
中中凶
戌午寅
中吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉中
中吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉中
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
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忌
除遠
服行
Distant Journeys
Discarding Clothing
除遠
服行
Distant Journeys
Discarding Clothing
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
四
己
巳
木
四
己
巳
木
房
平
平
Fourth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jisi (6/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Edifice (4/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
平
治
道
塗
天上
罡朔
陽重
將日
平
治
道
塗
天上
罡朔
陽重
將日
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Leveling, Painting, and Smoothing Roadways
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Decade
Doubled Days
Heavenly Dipper
Yang General
Doubled Days
Heavenly Dipper
Yang General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
丫 神
Bifurcation, Spirit
(right to left)
丫 神
Bifurcation, Spirit
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
牀 門
牀 門
Divination
Bed, Gate
Bed, Gate
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