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
七
四期星
Ninth Month, Seventeenth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, September 17
Thursday, September 17
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
五聖
富心
Sagely Heart-Mind
富心
Sagely Heart-Mind
Five Wealths
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
吉中凶
戌午寅
吉中凶
亥未卯
凶吉凶
凶吉凶
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
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 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
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 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
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
安作
牀灶
Stove Work
Positioning Beds
安作
牀灶
Stove Work
Positioning Beds
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
五
丙
申
火
奎
閉
Fifth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
五
丙
申
火
奎
閉
Fifth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingshen (33/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Astride (15/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
醞祭
釀祀
建出
屋行
牧理
養髮
安移
葬徙
地
釀祀
建出
屋行
牧理
養髮
安移
葬徙
地
囊
血月
支忌
血月
支忌
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Going Out (and about)
Patterning Hair
Moving Households
Fermenting Beverages
Establishing Rooms
Raising Livestock
Positioning Graves
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Going Out (and about)
Patterning Hair
Moving Households
Fermenting Beverages
Establishing Rooms
Raising Livestock
Positioning Graves
Earth Duffel
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Taboo
Blood Branch
Blood Branch
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 水
Bifurcation, Water
丫 水
Bifurcation, Water
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
爐 灶
Kitchen
Furnace, Stove
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