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
八
一期星
Ninth Month, Twenty-Eighth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, September 28
Monday, September 28
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
生陰
氣德
Yin Virtue
Engendered Vapor
氣德
Yin Virtue
Engendered Vapor
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中中
酉己丑
吉吉凶
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 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
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
十
六
丁
未
水
張
開
Sixteenth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
六
丁
未
水
張
開
Sixteenth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: dingwei (44/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Drawn Bow (26/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Open (11/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
全
食
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香
港
地
區
不
見
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鷙
蟲
培
戶
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土五
符虛
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Moon Completely Consumed
(Total Lunar Eclipse)
Not Seen in the Hong Kong Area
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Beetles Wall Up Their Burrows
(the forty-seventh of seventy-two five-day micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Moon Completely Consumed
(Total Lunar Eclipse)
Not Seen in the Hong Kong Area
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Beetles Wall Up Their Burrows
(the forty-seventh of seventy-two five-day micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Five Voids
Earth Charm
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
丫 人
Bifurcation, Person
Bifurcation, Person
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
廁 庫 Granary
Toilet, Storehouse
Toilet, Storehouse
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