Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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7/6..................................................................................................................6/29
7/6..................................................................................................................6/29
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.
廿
九
一期星
Sixth Month, Twenty-Ninth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, June 29
Monday, June 29
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
德歲
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中凶凶
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
吉凶中
亥未卯
吉中中
吉凶中
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 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
作修
灶廚
Kitchen Repairs
作修
灶廚
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
四
丙
子
水
畢
破
四
丙
子
水
畢
破
Fourteenth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingzi (13/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Net (19/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Destroy (7/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
破
屋
壞
垣
大月
耗破
灾月
煞忌
耗破
灾月
煞忌
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Appropriate Activities
Destroying Rooms
Smashing Walls
Appropriate Activities
Destroying Rooms
Smashing Walls
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Destruction
Lunar Taboo
Great Squander
Baleful Conflagration
Lunar Taboo
Great Squander
Baleful Conflagration
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 鬼
White, Ghost
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
碓 灶
Kitchen
Pestle, Stove
Pestle, Stove
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