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.
四
日
日期星
Tenth Month, Fourth Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, October 4
Sunday, October 4
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
月時
恩陰
Timely Yin
Lunar Kindness
恩陰
Timely Yin
Lunar Kindness
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
吉中中
戌午寅
吉中中
亥未卯
中凶凶
中凶凶
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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
取詞
魚訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Garnering Fish
取詞
魚訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Garnering Fish
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
二
癸
丑
木
房
定
Twenty-Second Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
二
癸
丑
木
房
定
Twenty-Second Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guichou (40/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Edifice (4/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Decide (5/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
祭
祀
掃
舍
勾歲
陳破
陽死
將氣
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Disaster
Death Vapor
Narrative Hook
Yang General
Death Vapor
Narrative Hook
Yang General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
人 木
Person, Copse
Person, Copse
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
房
廁 牀
Edifice
Toilet, Bed
Toilet, Bed
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