Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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3/19.................................................................................................................3/11
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
十
一
三期星
Third Month, Eleventh Day
Astral Period Three
Wednesday, March 11
Wednesday, March 11
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
不六
將合
將合
Six Linkages
Not General
Not General
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶吉
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
吉中吉
亥未卯
吉中吉
吉中吉
亥未卯
吉中吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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
裁作
衣灶
Stove Work
Cutting-out Clothing
裁作
衣灶
Stove Work
Cutting-out Clothing
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
一
丙
戌
土
一
丙
戌
土
參
危
危
Twenty-First Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingxu (23/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Gathering (21/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
移祭
徙祀
動出
土行
安嫁
牀娶
倉
庚
鳴
短犬
星口
徙祀
動出
土行
安嫁
牀娶
倉
庚
鳴
短犬
星口
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Moving Households
Moving Soil
Positioning Beds
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Moving Households
Moving Soil
Positioning Beds
Golden Orioles Sing
(the eighth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the lunar calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Canine Mouth
Short Star
Short Star
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
人
Person
(right to left)
人
Person
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
栖 灶
Kitchen
Perch, Stove
Perch, Stove
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