Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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9/3..................................................................................................................8/26
9/3..................................................................................................................8/26
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
九
六期星
Eighth Month, Twenty-Ninth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, August 29
Saturday, August 29
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合月
日德
Lunar Virtue
Linked Days
日德
Lunar Virtue
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
中吉凶
亥未卯
吉凶凶
中吉凶
亥未卯
吉凶凶
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
整理
甲髮
Patterning Hair
Trimming Nails
整理
甲髮
Patterning Hair
Trimming Nails
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
六
丁
丑
水
柳
執
Sixteenth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
六
丁
丑
水
柳
執
Sixteenth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: dingchou (14/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Willow (24/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Grasp (6/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
祭
祀
掃
舍
歸歲
忌破
俱小
將耗
祀
掃
舍
歸歲
忌破
俱小
將耗
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
Small Squander
Return Taboo
Everything General
Small Squander
Return Taboo
Everything General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫
丫
Bifurcation
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
厠 庫
厠 庫
Granary
Toilet, Storehouse
Toilet, Storehouse
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