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
九
日
一期星
Third Month, Ninth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, March 9
Monday, March 9
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
解月
神德
神德
Lunar Virtue
Unleashing Spirits
Unleashing Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉吉
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
中凶凶
亥未卯
中吉中
中凶凶
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
安開
牀倉
Opening Granaries
Positioning Beds
安開
牀倉
Opening Granaries
Positioning Beds
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
九
甲
申
水
九
甲
申
水
畢
執
執
Nineteenth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiashen (21/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Net (19/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Grasp (6/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
移祭
徙祀
動入
土學
上出
樑行
安嫁
葬娶
上
兀
俱小
將耗
徙祀
動入
土學
上出
樑行
安嫁
葬娶
上
兀
俱小
將耗
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Entering Study
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Moving Residences
Moving Soil
Putting-up Beams
Positioning Graves
Entering Study
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Moving Residences
Moving Soil
Putting-up Beams
Positioning Graves
Upper Amputee
Baleful Astral Influences
Baleful Astral Influences
Small Squander
Everything General
Everything General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
白 水
White, Water
(right to left)
白 水
White, Water
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
灶 門
灶 門
Divination
Stove, Gate
Stove, Gate
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