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.
廿
四
四期星
Ninth Month, Twenty-Fourth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, September 24
Thursday, September 24
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
月歲
恩爐
Generational Emolument
Lunar Kindness
恩爐
Generational Emolument
Lunar Kindness
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中吉
酉己丑
凶中凶
戌午寅
吉中吉
戌午寅
吉中吉
亥未卯
中凶凶
中凶凶
23:00-01:00 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 In-Between
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 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 In-Between
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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
穿詞
井訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Boring Wells
穿詞
井訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Boring Wells
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
二
癸
卯
金
井
破
Twelfth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
二
癸
卯
金
井
破
Twelfth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guimao (40/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Well (22/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Destroy (7/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
求
醫
治
病
破
屋
壞
垣
大月
耗破
灾上
煞兀
醫
治
病
破
屋
壞
垣
大月
耗破
灾上
煞兀
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Appropriate Activities
Seeking Physicians
Treating Illness
Destroying Rooms
Smashing Embankments
Appropriate Activities
Seeking Physicians
Treating Illness
Destroying Rooms
Smashing Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Destruction
Upper Amputee
Great Squander
Disastrous Balefulness
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
白 神
White, Spirit
White, Spirit
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
房
門 牀
Edifice
Gate, Bed
Gate, Bed
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