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.
三
日
六期星
Tenth Month, Third Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, October 3
Saturday, October 3
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
德歲
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶吉吉
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
中凶吉
戌午寅
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉凶
中吉凶
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 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
放開
水渠
Opening Sluices
Putting-into Water
放開
水渠
Opening Sluices
Putting-into Water
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
一
壬
子
木
氐
平
Twenty-First Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
一
壬
子
木
氐
平
Twenty-First Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renzi (49/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Foundation (3/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
平
道
飾
垣
栽
種
水
始
涸
河天
魁吏
河天
魁吏
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Appropriate Activities
Leveling Roads
Adorning Embankments
Planting and Cultivating
Water Starts to Freeze
(the forty-eighth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Appropriate Activities
Leveling Roads
Adorning Embankments
Planting and Cultivating
Water Starts to Freeze
(the forty-eighth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Heavenly Official
River Stalwart
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
人 天
Person, Heaven
Person, Heaven
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
碓 庫
Granary
Pestle, Storehouse
Pestle, Storehouse
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