Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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6/28....................................................................................................................6/21
6/28....................................................................................................................6/21
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
六
五期星
Sixth Month, Twenty-Sixth Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, June 26
Friday, June 26
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
明民
堂日
People's Days
Luminous Hall
堂日
People's Days
Luminous Hall
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉凶
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
中凶凶
中中吉
亥未卯
中凶凶
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
服訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Discarding Clothing
除詞
服訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Discarding Clothing
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
一
癸
酉
金
婁
一
癸
酉
金
婁
平
Eleventh Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Eleventh Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guiyou (10/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Mound (16/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
理
髮
掃
舍
平
道
飾
垣
水雞
痕口
復債
喪不
髮
掃
舍
平
道
飾
垣
水雞
痕口
復債
喪不
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Appropriate Activities
Patterning Hair
Sweeping Rooms
Leveling Roadways
Adorning Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Patterning Hair
Sweeping Rooms
Leveling Roadways
Adorning Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Chicken Mouth
Debt Not
Water Scar
Repeat Mourning
Debt Not
Water Scar
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
人 神
Person, Spirit
人 神
Person, Spirit
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Section Eight
門 牀
Edifice
Gate, Bed
Gate, Bed
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