Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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9/17.................................................9/13...................Monthly Information
9/17.................................................9/13...................Monthly Information
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.
十九
三月
日期星
Ninth Month, Thirteenth Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, September 13
Sunday, September 13
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
六母
合倉
Maternal Granary
Six Linkages
合倉
Maternal Granary
Six Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中中
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
凶中吉
戌午寅
凶中吉
亥未卯
吉中凶
吉中凶
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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
進新
水船
New Boats
進新
水船
New Boats
Entering Water
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
一
壬
辰
水
虛
尾
First Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
一
壬
辰
水
虛
尾
First Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renchen (29/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Void (11/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
環
食
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香
港
地
區
不
見
天水
刑痕
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Complete Solar Eclipse
Not seen in the Hong Kong Area
Swallows Leave
Complete Solar Eclipse
Not seen in the Hong Kong Area
Swallows Leave
(the forty-fourth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Water Scar
Heavenly Punishment
Heavenly Punishment
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 火
White, Fire
白 火
White, Fire
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
栖 庫
栖 庫
Granary
Perch, Storehouse
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