Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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3/10.................................................................................................................3/2
3/10.................................................................................................................3/2
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
五
日
四期星
Third Month, Fifth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, March 5
Thursday, March 5
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天歲
恩德
恩德
Generational Virtue
Heavenly Kindness
Heavenly Kindness
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶吉凶
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
凶吉吉
亥未卯
吉吉中
凶吉吉
亥未卯
吉吉中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
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 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
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 Inauspicious
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
行結
喪綱
Binding Nets
Mourning Visits
行結
喪綱
Binding Nets
Mourning Visits
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
五
庚
辰
金
五
庚
辰
金
奎
滿
滿
Fifteenth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengchen (17/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Astride (15/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Fullness (3/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
上
元
————
宜
裁祭
衣祀
捕祈
捉福
補會
塞友
厭
對
三龍
喪口
元
————
宜
裁祭
衣祀
捕祈
捉福
補會
塞友
厭
對
三龍
喪口
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Lantern Festival
(the full moon during the first month, which brings an end to the New Year celebrations)
Appropriate Activities
Lantern Festival
(the full moon during the first month, which brings an end to the New Year celebrations)
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Meeting Friends
Cutting-out Clothing
Seizing and Apprehending
Plugging Caves
Inquiring-into Fortune
Meeting Friends
Cutting-out Clothing
Seizing and Apprehending
Plugging Caves
Mutual Loathing
Baleful Astral Influences
Dragon Mouth
Three Mournings
Three Mournings
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
丫 地
Bifurcation, Earth
(right to left)
丫 地
Bifurcation, Earth
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓
栖 磨
栖 磨
Pestle
Perch, Mortar
Perch, Mortar
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