Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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10/25.....................................................................................................................10/18
10/25.....................................................................................................................10/18
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
日期星
Tenth Month, Twenty-Fifth Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, October 25
Sunday, October 25
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
守母
日倉
日倉
Maternal Granary
Protected Days
Protected Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中凶中
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
中凶吉
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉吉
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
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 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
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
動開
土倉
Opening Granaries
Moving Soil
動開
土倉
Opening Granaries
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
三
甲
戌
火
星
建
Thirteenth Day Day (Ninth Lunar Month)
甲
戌
火
星
建
Thirteenth Day Day (Ninth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiaxu (11/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Star (25/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish(1/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
祭
祀
建
屋
豎
柱
上
樑
土龍
府口
三下
桑兀
土龍
府口
三下
桑兀
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Establishing Rooms
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Establishing Rooms
Erecting Pillars
Raising Beams
Baleful Astral Influences
Dragon Mouth
Lower Amputee
Earth Palace
Three Mournings
Lower Amputee
Earth Palace
Three Mournings
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
白 天
White, Heaven
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White, Heaven
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
門
栖 碓
栖 碓
Gate
Perch, Pestle
Perch, Pestle
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