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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八
日
日期星
Third Month, Eighth Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, March 8
Sunday, March 8
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
十陰寶三
靈德光合
靈德光合
Three Linkages
Precious Rays
Yin Virtue
Ten Spirits
Precious Rays
Yin Virtue
Ten Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中吉
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
吉吉吉
亥未卯
中凶吉
吉吉吉
亥未卯
中凶吉
23:00-01:00 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 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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
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忌
進新針詞
水船灸訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
進新針詞
水船灸訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Acupuncture and Moxibustion
New Boats
Entering Water
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
八
癸
未
木
八
癸
未
木
昂
定
定
Eighteenth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guiwei (20/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Pleiades (18/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Decide (5/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
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宜
醞修訂祭
釀造婚祀
作動納祈
灶土采福
納上嫁會
畜樑娶友
安修移出
葬倉徙行
不債
俱血死觸
將忌氣龍水
釀造婚祀
作動納祈
灶土采福
納上嫁會
畜樑娶友
安修移出
葬倉徙行
不債
俱血死觸
將忌氣龍水
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Marriage Alliances
Moving Residences
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Putting-up Beams
Repairing Granaries
Fermenting Beverages
Stove Work
Livestock Payments
Positioning Graves
Inquiring-into Fortune
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Marriage Alliances
Moving Residences
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Putting-up Beams
Repairing Granaries
Fermenting Beverages
Stove Work
Livestock Payments
Positioning Graves
Debt Not
Baleful Astral Influences
Bumped Water-Dragon
Death Vapor
Blood Taboo
Everything General
Death Vapor
Blood Taboo
Everything General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
白 人
White, Man
(right to left)
白 人
White, Man
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
厠 牀 房
Toilet, Bed, Edifice
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