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.
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六
日
五期星
Third Month, Sixth Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, March 6
Friday, March 6
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
福歲
德馬
德馬
Generational Horse
Fortunate Virtue
Fortunate Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中中
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
吉吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉中
吉吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉中
23:00-01:00 In-Between
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 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
遠合
行醬
Mixing Sauces
Distant Journeys
遠合
行醬
Mixing Sauces
Distant Journeys
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
六
辛
巳
金
六
辛
巳
金
婁
滿
滿
Sixteenth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: xinsi (18/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Mound (16/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Fullness (3/12)*
*Occasionally a "day personality" repeats, as it does today.
*Occasionally a "day personality" repeats, as it does today.
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
驚
蟄
五卯
十初
六五
分時
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宜
道平
桃
蟄
五卯
十初
六五
分時
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宜
道平
桃
始
華
土重
府日
土重
府日
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Insects Awaken
At the beginning of the mao hour; 5:56 AM
(the third of twenty-four fifteen-day solar-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Appropriate Activities
Insects Awaken
At the beginning of the mao hour; 5:56 AM
(the third of twenty-four fifteen-day solar-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Appropriate Activities
Leveling Roads
Peach Blossoms Open
(the seventh of seventy-two solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Doubled Days
Earth Palace
Earth Palace
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
丫 山
Bifurcation, Mountain
(right to left)
丫 山
Bifurcation, Mountain
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
牀 灶
Kitchen
Bed, Stove
Bed, Stove
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