Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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8/5................................................................................................................7/28
8/5................................................................................................................7/28
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.
卅
一
五期星
Seventh Month, Thirty-First Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, July 31
Friday, July 31
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
不陽
將德
Yang Virtue
Not General
將德
Yang Virtue
Not General
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉中
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
中中凶
亥未卯
中吉中
中中凶
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
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 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
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
安置
牀產
Setting-up Production
Positioning Beds
安置
牀產
Setting-up Production
Positioning Beds
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
六
戊
申
土
鬼
除
Sixteenth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
六
戊
申
土
鬼
除
Sixteenth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: wushen (45/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Ghost (23/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Discard (2/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
移祭
徙祀
醫嫁
病娶
動理
土髮
牧掃
樣舍
徙祀
醫嫁
病娶
動理
土髮
牧掃
樣舍
火
星
復猴
喪口
喪口
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Patterning Hair
Sweeping Rooms
Moving Households
Physician Visits
Moving Soil
Raising Livestock
Fire Star
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Patterning Hair
Sweeping Rooms
Moving Households
Physician Visits
Moving Soil
Raising Livestock
Fire Star
Baleful Astral Influences
Monkey Mouth
Repeat Mourning
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 火
Bifurcation, Fire
丫 火
Bifurcation, Fire
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
房
爐 牀
Edifice
Furnace, Bed
Furnace, Bed
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