Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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7/27................................................................................................................7/21
7/27................................................................................................................7/21
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
日期星
Seventh Month, Twenty-Sixth Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, July 26
Sunday, July 26
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天三歲歲
喜合支祿
Generational Emolument
Generational Branch
Three Linkages
Heavenly Happiness
喜合支祿
Generational Emolument
Generational Branch
Three Linkages
Heavenly Happiness
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中吉
酉己丑
凶中凶
戌午寅
吉中吉
亥未卯
中凶吉
吉中吉
亥未卯
中凶吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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
取開穿詞
魚池井訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Boring Wells
Opening Ponds
Garnering Fish
取開穿詞
魚池井訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Boring Wells
Opening Ponds
Garnering Fish
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
一
癸
卯
金
昂
成
一
癸
卯
金
昂
成
Eleventh Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renyin (40/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Pleiades (18/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Completion (9/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
上開納入
樑市采學
築交裁會
堤易衣友
修修移出
倉造徙行
安動醫嫁
葬土病娶
煞班
陽大刀密
將煞砧日
樑市采學
築交裁會
堤易衣友
修修移出
倉造徙行
安動醫嫁
葬土病娶
煞班
陽大刀密
將煞砧日
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Appropriate Activities
Entering Study
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Cutting-out Clothing
Moving Households
Physician Visits
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Constructing Dikes
Repairing Granaries
Positioning Beds
Classified Balefulness
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Entering Study
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Cutting-out Clothing
Moving Households
Physician Visits
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Constructing Dikes
Repairing Granaries
Positioning Beds
Classified Balefulness
Baleful Astral Influences
Mysterious Days
Sword Anvil
Great Balefulness
Yang General
Sword Anvil
Great Balefulness
Yang General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白
White
白
White
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
門 牀 房
Gate, Bed, Edifice
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