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.
八
日
五期星
Fourth Month, Eighth Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, May 8
Friday, May 8
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
不六
將合
Six Linkages
Not General
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
中中凶
亥未卯
凶吉中
中中凶
亥未卯
凶吉中
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
安開
安開
牀倉
Opening Granaries
Opening Granaries
Positioning Beds
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
二
十
甲
申
水
十
甲
申
水
鬼
平
平
Twentieth Day (Third Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiashen (21/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Ghost (23/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
嫁
取
沐
浴
掃
舍
平
道
血五
忌虛
河月
魁刑
血五
忌虛
河月
魁刑
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Appropriate Activities
Marriage Alliances
Appropriate Activities
Marriage Alliances
Bathing and Bubbling
Sweeping Rooms
Leveling Pathways
Baleful Astral Influences
Five Vacancies
Lunar Punishment
Blood Taboo
River Stalwart
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
人 天
Person, Heaven
人 天
Person, Heaven
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
爐 門
爐 門
Divination
Furnace, Gate
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