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
一三
日月
日期星
Third Month, First Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, March 1
Sunday, March 1
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
生月德歲
氣德日支
氣德日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
Lunar Virtue
Engendered Vapor
Virtuous Days
Lunar Virtue
Engendered Vapor
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶凶吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
吉凶中
亥未卯
吉中中
吉凶中
亥未卯
吉中中
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
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
問動作修
卜土灶廚
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
Moving Soil
Divinatory Inquiries
問動作修
卜土灶廚
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
Moving Soil
Divinatory Inquiries
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
一
丙
子
水
一
丙
子
水
虛
開
開
Eleventh Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingzi (13/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Void (11/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Open (11/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
置移出祭
產徙行祀
栽開嫁祈
種市娶福
納交納入
畜易采學
成上裁會
服樑衣友
動萌木草
天地班密
火囊煞日
置移出祭
產徙行祀
栽開嫁祈
種市娶福
納交納入
畜易采學
成上裁會
服樑衣友
動萌木草
天地班密
火囊煞日
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Entering Study
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Cutting-out Clothing
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Putting-up Beams
Setting-up Production
Planting and Cultivating
Livestock Payments
Completing Clothing
Inquiring-into Fortune
Entering Study
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Cutting-out Clothing
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Putting-up Beams
Setting-up Production
Planting and Cultivating
Livestock Payments
Completing Clothing
Grasses and Trees Sprout
(the sixth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Mysterious Days
Classified Balefulness
Earth Duffel
Heavenly Fire
Classified Balefulness
Earth Duffel
Heavenly Fire
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
白
White
(right to left)
白
White
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓 灶 廚
Pestle, Stove, Kitchen
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