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.
六
日
六期星
Sixth Month, Sixth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, June 6
Saturday, June 6
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
陰寶
德光
Wealth Rays
Yin Virtue
德光
Wealth Rays
Yin Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉凶
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
吉中中
亥未卯
中凶吉
吉中中
亥未卯
中凶吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
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
除詞
衣訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Discarding Clothing
除詞
衣訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Discarding Clothing
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
二
十
癸
丑
木
十
癸
丑
木
柳
危
危
Twentieth Day (Fourth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guichou (50/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Willow (24/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)*
*Occasionally a "personality" day will repeat, as it does today.
*Occasionally a "personality" day will repeat, as it does today.
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
種
五晨
十初
八七
分時
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宜
祀祭
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螳
螂
生
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復歲
喪破
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Grain In Ear
At the beginning of the chen hour; 7:58 AM
(the ninth of twenty-four five-day solar periods on the agricultural calendar)
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Grain In Ear
At the beginning of the chen hour; 7:58 AM
(the ninth of twenty-four five-day solar periods on the agricultural calendar)
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Mantids Hatch
(the twenty-fifth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-period on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Four Abandonments
Repeat Mourning
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
人 人
人 人
Person, Person
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
房
厠 牀
Edifice
Toilet, Bed
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