Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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3/19.................................................................................................................3/11
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.
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十
三
五期星
Third Month, Thirteenth Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, March 13
Friday, March 13
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
德歲
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉中
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
中凶凶
亥未卯
中中吉
中凶凶
亥未卯
中中吉
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
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 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
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
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忌
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
三
戊
子
火
三
戊
子
火
鬼
收
收
Twenty-Third Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: wuzi (25/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Ghost (23/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
嫁
娶
理
髮
結
綱
捕
捉
咸月
池忌
天班
罡煞
娶
理
髮
結
綱
捕
捉
咸月
池忌
天班
罡煞
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Marriage Alliances
Patterning Hair
Binding Nets
Seizing and Capturing
Patterning Hair
Binding Nets
Seizing and Capturing
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Taboo
Classified Balefulness
Widespread Pond
Heavenly Dipper
Classified Balefulness
Widespread Pond
Heavenly Dipper
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 天
White, Heaven
白 天
White, Heaven
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
房
碓 牀
碓 牀
Edifice
Pestle, Bed
Pestle, Bed
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