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.
四
日
一期星
Fifth Month, Fourth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, May 4
Monday, May 4
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
月歲
恩德
Generational Virtue
Lunar Kindness
Lunar Kindness
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中吉凶
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
凶吉吉
亥未卯
吉吉中
凶吉吉
亥未卯
吉吉中
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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
行結
喪綱
Binding Nets
行結
喪綱
Binding Nets
Mourning Visits
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
六
庚
辰
金
六
庚
辰
金
畢
建
建
Sixteenth Day (Third Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengchen (17/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Net (19/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish (1/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
會友
穿
井
月短
刑星
三土
喪府
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Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Boring Wells
Baleful Astral Influences
Short Star
Earth Palace
Lunar Punishment
Three Mournings
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 鬼
Bifurcation, Ghost
丫 鬼
Bifurcation, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓
栖 磨
Pestle
Perch, Mortar
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