Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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10/5...................................................................................................................9/27
10/5...................................................................................................................9/27
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
七
日期星
Ninth Month, Twenty-Seventh Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, September 27
Sunday, September 27
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
六歲
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶凶
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
吉吉中
戌午寅
吉吉中
亥未卯
吉中凶
吉中凶
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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
成除遠栽
服靈行種
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
成除遠栽
服靈行種
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
五
丙
午
水
星
收
Fifteenth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
五
丙
午
水
星
收
Fifteenth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingwu (43/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Star (25/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
節
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宜
祭
祀
嫁
娶
天班
罡煞
陰咸
將池
祀
嫁
娶
天班
罡煞
陰咸
將池
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Mid-Autumn Festival
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Mid-Autumn Festival
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Baleful Astral Influences
Classified Balefulness
Widespread Pond
Heavenly Dipper
Yin General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
丫 鬼
Bifurcation, Ghost
Bifurcation, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
碓 灶
Kitchen
Pestle, Stove
碓 灶
Kitchen
Pestle, Stove
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