Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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6/15..............................................................................................................6/7
6/15..............................................................................................................6/7
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.
十
五
一期星
Sixth Month, Fifteenth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, June 15
Monday, June 15
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
時三
陰合
Three Linkages
Timely Yin
陰合
Three Linkages
Timely Yin
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶凶凶
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
吉中吉
亥未卯
吉吉吉
吉中吉
亥未卯
吉吉吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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
動開
土渠
Opening Sluices
Moving Soil
動開
土渠
Opening Sluices
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
九
壬
戌
水
九
壬
戌
水
心
定
定
Twenty-Ninth Day (Fourth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renxu (59/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Heart-Mind (5/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Decide (5/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
開祭
市祀
上出
樑行
作嫁
灶娶
納納
畜采
地
市祀
上出
樑行
作嫁
灶娶
納納
畜采
地
囊
天死
刑氣
天死
刑氣
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Opening Markets
Raising Beams
Stove Work
Livestock Payments
Earth Duffel
Baleful Astral Influences
Death Vapor
Heavenly Punishment
Heavenly Punishment
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 火
White, Fire
白 火
White, Fire
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Section Eight
栖 庫
Granary
Perch, Storehouse
Perch, Storehouse
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