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
八
六期星
Second Month, Twenty-Eighth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, February 28
Saturday, February 28
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合歲
日德
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中吉
酉己丑
中凶凶
戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
中吉吉
中中吉
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
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 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 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 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
嫁栽
娶種
Planting and Cultivating
Marriage Alliances
嫁栽
娶種
Planting and Cultivating
Marriage Alliances
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
十
乙
亥
火
十
乙
亥
火
女
收
收
Tenth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yihai (12/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Woman (10/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
移祭
徙祀
動祈
土福
上會
樑友
作出
灶行
重
移祭
徙祀
動祈
土福
上會
樑友
作出
灶行
重
日
陰債
將不
陰債
將不
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Inquiring-into Fortune
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Moving Households
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Stove Work
Doubled Days
Baleful Astral Influences
Debt Not
Yin General
Yin General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
人 州
Person, Landmass
(right to left)
人 州
Person, Landmass
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓
牀 磨
Pestle
Bed, Mortar
Bed, Mortar
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