Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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3/24.................................................3/20.....................Monthly Information
3/24.................................................3/20.....................Monthly Information
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
二
十
五期星
Third Month, Twentieth Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, March 20
Friday, March 20
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合歲
日德
Generational Virtue
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中吉
酉己丑
凶凶凶
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 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
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
動栽
土種
Planting and Cultivating
動栽
土種
Planting and Cultivating
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
一
乙
未
金
一
乙
未
金
亢
定
定
First Day (Second Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yiwei (32/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Neck (2/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Decide (5/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
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日
全
食
全
食
區香
不港
見地
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諸日
事值
不四
宜離
四
離
重地
喪囊
不港
見地
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諸日
事值
不四
宜離
四
離
重地
喪囊
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Sun Completely Consumed
(Total solar eclipse)
Not seen in the Hong Kong area
Sun Completely Consumed
(Total solar eclipse)
Not seen in the Hong Kong area
The day is overseen by the Four Separations;
all activities are unfavorable.
all activities are unfavorable.
Baleful Astral Influences
Earth Duffel
Repeat Mourning
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 人
White, Person
白 人
White, Person
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓
厠 磨
Pestle
Toilet, Mortar
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