Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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8/13................................................................................................................8/6
8/13................................................................................................................8/6
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.
七
日
五期星
Eighth Month, Seventh Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, August 7
Friday, August 7
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合歲
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中吉
酉己丑
凶凶凶
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 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 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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
穿栽
井種
Planting and Cultivating
Boring Wells
穿栽
井種
Planting and Cultivating
Boring Wells
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
三
乙
卯
水
亢
成
Twenty-Third Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
三
乙
卯
水
亢
成
Twenty-Third Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yimao (52/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Neck (2/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Completion (9/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
祭
祀
拆
卸
餘日
事值
不四
注絕
四
絕
班月
煞忌
餘日
事值
不四
注絕
四
絕
班月
煞忌
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Unhitching and Unloading
The day is overseen by the Four Separations;
all other activities are no recommended
Four Separations
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Unhitching and Unloading
The day is overseen by the Four Separations;
all other activities are no recommended
Four Separations
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Taboo
Classified Balefulness
Classified Balefulness
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白
White
白
White
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓
門 磨
門 磨
Pestle
Gate, Mortar
Gate, Mortar
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