Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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9/26...................................................................................................................9/18
9/26...................................................................................................................9/18
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
八
五期星
Ninth Month, Eighteenth Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, September 18
Friday, September 18
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
十官
靈日
Official Days
Ten Spirits
靈日
Official Days
Ten Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中中
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
中吉中
戌午寅
中吉中
亥未卯
吉吉凶
吉吉凶
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
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 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
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
動理
土髮
Patterning Hair
Moving Soil
動理
土髮
Patterning Hair
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
六
丁
酉
火
婁
閉
Sixth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
六
丁
酉
火
婁
閉
Sixth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: dingyou (34/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Tower (16/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish (1/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
掃
舍
伐
木
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群
鳥
養
羞
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土上
府兀
舍
伐
木
————
群
鳥
養
羞
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土上
府兀
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Appropriate Activities
Sweeping Floors
Felling Timber
Appropriate Activities
Sweeping Floors
Felling Timber
Flocks of Birds Gather Grain
(the forty-fifth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Soil Palace
Soil Palace
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
門
庫 倉
Gate
Storehouse, Granary
Storehouse, Granary
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