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
六
四期星
Second Month, Twenty-Sixth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, February 26
Thursday, February 26
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
除陰福
神德生
神德生
Lucky Engenderment
Yin Virtue
Expelling Spirits
Yin Virtue
Expelling Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶吉吉
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
中凶凶
中中吉
亥未卯
中凶凶
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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)
忌
產修詞
室置訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Setting-up Production
Repairing Rooms
產修詞
室置訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Setting-up Production
Repairing Rooms
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
八
癸
酉
金
八
癸
酉
金
斗
危
危
Eighth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guiyou (10/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Dipper (8/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
上理祭
樑髮祀
作移祈
灶徙福
開修入
倉造學
安動出
葬土行
將俱
元五五
武虛離
上理祭
樑髮祀
作移祈
灶徙福
開修入
倉造學
安動出
葬土行
將俱
元五五
武虛離
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Entering Study
Going Out (and about)
Patterning Hair
Moving Households
Repairing and Constructing
Moving Soil
Putting-up Beams
Stove Work
Opening Granaries
Positioning Graves
Inquiring-into Fortune
Entering Study
Going Out (and about)
Patterning Hair
Moving Households
Repairing and Constructing
Moving Soil
Putting-up Beams
Stove Work
Opening Granaries
Positioning Graves
Everything General
Baleful Astral Influences
Five Separations
Five Voids
Primal Martiality
Five Voids
Primal Martiality
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
人 人
Person, Person
(right to left)
人 人
Person, Person
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
房
門 牀
Edifice
Gate, Bed
Gate, Bed
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