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
七
日
六期星
Third Month, Seventh Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, March 7
Saturday, March 7
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
六歲
合支
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
Six Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中凶
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
吉吉吉
中中吉
亥未卯
吉吉吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
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 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
苫開
蓋渠
Opening Sluices
Thatched Coverings
苫開
蓋渠
Opening Sluices
Thatched Coverings
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
七
壬
午
木
七
壬
午
木
胃
平
平
Seventeenth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renwu (19/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Stomach (17/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Even (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
平
道
塗
修
垣
墻
死火
神星
俱河
將魁
死火
神星
俱河
將魁
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Leveling Roads
Painting and Repairing Embankments and Walls
Painting and Repairing Embankments and Walls
Baleful Astral Influences
Fire Star
River Stalwart
Death Spirit
Everything General
River Stalwart
Death Spirit
Everything General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
白 鬼
White, Ghost
(right to left)
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
碓 庫
Granary
Pestle, Storehouse
Pestle, Storehouse
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