Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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6/6..............................................................................................................5/30
6/6..............................................................................................................5/30
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.
卅
一
日期星
Fifth Month, Thirty-First Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, May 31
Sunday, May 31
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
明守
堂日
Protected Days
Luminous Hall
堂日
Protected Days
Luminous Hall
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中中
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
中吉中
亥未卯
凶吉凶
中吉中
亥未卯
凶吉凶
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
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 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
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 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
行理
喪髮
Patterning Hair
Mourning Visits
行理
喪髮
Patterning Hair
Mourning Visits
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
四
丁
未
水
四
丁
未
水
昂
滿
滿
Fourteenth Day (Fourth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: dingwei (44/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Pleiades (18/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Fullness (3/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
會
友
結
剛
地月
火忌
三月
喪厭
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Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Binding Nets
Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Binding Nets
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Taboo
Lunar Repression
Earth Fire
Three Mournings
Lunar Repression
Earth Fire
Three Mournings
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫
丫
Bifurcation
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉厠 庫
Granary
Toilet, Storehouse
Toilet, Storehouse
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