Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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5/9.....................................................................................................................5/2
5/9.....................................................................................................................5/2
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.
三
日
日期星
Fifth Month, Third Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, May 3
Sunday, May 3
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
進歲
神祿
神祿
Generational Emolument
Entering Spirits
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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
凶吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉吉
凶吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉吉
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 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
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 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
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
除穿
服井
Boring Wells
除穿
服井
Boring Wells
Discarding Clothing
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
五
己
卯
土
五
己
卯
土
昂
閉
閉
Fifteenth Day (Third Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jimao (16/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Pleiades (18/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
安祭牀祀
作嫁
灶娶
入裁
倉衣
補開
塞市
重
喪
陽血
將支
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Cutting-out Clothing
Opening Markets
Positioning Beds
Stove Work
Entering Granaries
Patching and Plugging
Doubled Days
Baleful Astral Influences
Blood Branch
Yang General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 山
Bifurcation, Mountain
丫 山
Bifurcation, Mountain
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
門 大
Divination
Gate, Great
Gate, Great
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