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.
十
三
四期星
Eighth Month, Thirteenth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, August 13
Thursday, August 13
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
除官
神日
Official Days
Expelling Spirits
神日
Official Days
Expelling Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中吉中
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
中吉凶
亥未卯
中中凶
中吉凶
亥未卯
中中凶
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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
造合
酒醬
Mixing Sauces
Making Liquor
造合
酒醬
Mixing Sauces
Making Liquor
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
九
辛
酉
木
斗
除
Twenty-Ninth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
九
辛
酉
木
斗
除
Twenty-Ninth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: xinyou (58/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Dipper (8/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Discard (2/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
上理
樑髮
作掃
灶舍
安動
葬土
白
樑髮
作掃
灶舍
安動
葬土
白
露
降
咸五
池離
咸五
池離
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Appropriate Activities
Patterning Hair
Sweeping Rooms
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Stove Work
Positioning Graves
White Dew Descends
(the thirty-eighth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the solar calendar)
Appropriate Activities
Patterning Hair
Sweeping Rooms
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Stove Work
Positioning Graves
White Dew Descends
(the thirty-eighth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the solar calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Five Separations
Widespread Pond
Widespread Pond
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 人
White, Person
白 人
White, Person
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
門 灶
Kitchen
Gate, Stove
Gate, Stove
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