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
九
四期星
Third Month, Nineteenth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, March 19
Thursday, March 19
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
六歲
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中凶
酉己丑
凶中凶
戌午寅
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉中
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
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 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
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
出開
財倉
Opening Granaries
Cash Outflow
出開
財倉
Opening Granaries
Cash Outflow
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
九
甲
午
金
九
甲
午
金
角
平
平
Twenty-Ninth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiawu (31/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Running Board (1/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Even (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
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宜
平
治
道
塗
修
飾
垣
墻
平
治
道
塗
修
飾
垣
墻
死天
神吏
俱河
將魁
神吏
俱河
將魁
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Leveling and Painting Roadways
Repairing and Adorning Embankments and Walls
Repairing and Adorning Embankments and Walls
Baleful Astral Influences
Heavenly Official
River Stalwart
Death Spirit
Everything General
River Stalwart
Death Spirit
Everything General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 鬼
White, Ghost
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
碓 門
碓 門
Divination
Pestle, Gate
Pestle, Gate
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