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
七
二期星
Third Month, Seventeenth Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, March 17
Tuesday, March 17
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
吉守
期日
Protected Days
Auspicious Temporal-slice
期日
Protected Days
Auspicious Temporal-slice
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中中
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
凶中吉
亥未卯
吉中吉
凶中吉
亥未卯
吉中吉
23:00-01:00 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 In-Between
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 In-Between
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
行開
喪渠
Opening Sluices
行開
喪渠
Opening Sluices
Mourning Visits
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
七
壬
辰
水
七
壬
辰
水
翌
除
除
Twenty-Seventh Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renchen (29/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Wings (27/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Discard (2/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
出
行
理
髮
結
綱
掃
舍
下龍
兀口
天三
刑喪
下龍
兀口
天三
刑喪
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Patterning Hair
Binding Nets
Sweeping Floors
Patterning Hair
Binding Nets
Sweeping Floors
Baleful Astral Influences
Dragon Mouth
Three Mournings
Lower Amputee
Heavenly Punishment
Three Mournings
Lower Amputee
Heavenly Punishment
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 火
Bifurcation, Fire
丫 火
Bifurcation, Fire
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
栖 庫
Granary
Perch, Storehouse
Perch, Storehouse
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