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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卅
一
二期星
Third Month, Thirty-First Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, March 31
Tuesday, March 31
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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
吉凶凶
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
吉吉中
亥未卯
吉中中
吉吉中
亥未卯
吉中中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
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 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
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
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忌
苫作
蓋灶
Stove Work
Thatched Coverings
苫作
蓋灶
Stove Work
Thatched Coverings
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
二
丙
午
水
二
丙
午
水
室
平
平
Twelfth Day (Second Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingwu (43/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: House (13/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
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宜
針
灸
平
道
室
垣
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始
電
河上
魁兀
灸
平
道
室
垣
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始
電
河上
魁兀
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Leveling Roadways
Adorning Embankments
Leveling Roadways
Adorning Embankments
Lightning Appears
(the twelfth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
River Stalwart
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 鬼
White, Ghost
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
廚
碓 灶
Kitchen
Pestle, Stove
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