Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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4/1...................................................................................................................3/25
4/1...................................................................................................................3/25
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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廿
六
四期星
Third Month, Twenty-Sixth Day
Astral Period Four
Wednesday, March 26
Wednesday, March 26
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
生時
氣陽
Timely Yang
Engendered Vapor
氣陽
Timely Yang
Engendered Vapor
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中中
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
中吉吉
亥未卯
吉凶吉
中吉吉
亥未卯
吉凶吉
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 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
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忌
除合
衣醬
Mixing Sauces
Discarding Clothing
除合
衣醬
Mixing Sauces
Discarding Clothing
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
七
辛
丑
土
七
辛
丑
土
斗
開
開
Seventh Day (Second Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: xinchou (38/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: DIpper (8/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Open (11/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
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宜
祭
祀
拆
卸
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雷
乃
發
聲
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地歲
囊破
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地歲
囊破
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Unhitching and Unloading
Thunder Sings
(the eleventh of seventy-two five-day micro periods on the agricultural calendar)
Unhitching and Unloading
Thunder Sings
(the eleventh of seventy-two five-day micro periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
Earth Duffel
Earth Duffel
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 林
White, Copse
白 林
White, Copse
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
磨 碓
Kitchen
Toilet, Mortar
Toilet, Mortar
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