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
五
五期星
Ninth Month, Twenty-Fifth Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, September 25
Friday, September 25
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
十六
靈合
Six Linkages
Ten Spirits
靈合
Six Linkages
Ten Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中吉吉
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
凶凶吉
戌午寅
凶凶吉
亥未卯
吉吉凶
吉吉凶
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
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 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
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
出開
行倉
Opening Granaries
Cash Outflow
出開
行倉
Opening Granaries
Cash Outflow
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
三
甲
辰
火
鬼
危
Thirteenth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
三
甲
辰
火
鬼
危
Thirteenth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiachen (41/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Ghost (23/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
交納
易采
安裁
牀衣
作移
灶居
捕開
捉市
月
虛
四元
撃祿
易采
安裁
牀衣
作移
灶居
捕開
捉市
月
虛
四元
撃祿
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Appropriate Activities
Grain Payments
Cutting-out Clothing
Moving Residences
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Positioning Beds
Stove Work
Seizing and Capturing
Appropriate Activities
Grain Payments
Cutting-out Clothing
Moving Residences
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Positioning Beds
Stove Work
Seizing and Capturing
Lunar Void
Baleful Astral Influences
Primal Emolument
Four Fisticuffs
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
白 火
White, Fire
White, Fire
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
門
栖 碓
Gate
Perch, Pestle
Perch, Pestle
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