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
八
六期星
Third Month, Twenty-Eighth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, March 28
Saturday, March 28
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
福歲
生祿
Generational Emolument
生祿
Generational Emolument
Fortunate Engendering
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中吉
酉己丑
凶中凶
戌午寅
吉中吉
亥未卯
中凶吉
吉中吉
亥未卯
中凶吉
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 In-Between
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
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
穿詞
井訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
穿詞
井訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Boring Wells
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
九
癸
卯
金
九
癸
卯
金
女
建
建
Ninth Day (Second Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guimao (40/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Woman (10/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish (1/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
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宜
訂祭
婚祀
赴氣
任福
立會
約友
交出
易行
土
府
厭約
對建
婚祀
赴氣
任福
立會
約友
交出
易行
土
府
厭約
對建
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Meeting Friends
Inquiring-into Fortune
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Engagements
Taking-up Office
Making Appointments
Trade and Commerce
Earth Palace
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Establishment
Mutual Repression
Mutual Repression
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
人 神
Person, Spirit
人 神
Person, Spirit
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
房
門 牀
房
門 牀
Edifice
Gate, Bed
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