Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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11/3.......................................................................................................10/26
11/3.......................................................................................................10/26
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
二期星
Eleventh Month, Third Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, November 3
Tuesday, November 3
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天十
恩靈
恩靈
Ten Spirits
Heavenly Kindness
Heavenly Kindness
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中凶吉
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
吉吉吉
吉吉吉
亥未卯
中凶吉
中凶吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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
開詞
倉訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Opening Granaries
開詞
倉訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Opening Granaries
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
二
癸
未
木
尾
收
Twenty-Second Day Day (Ninth Lunar Month)
癸
未
木
尾
收
Twenty-Second Day Day (Ninth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guiwei (20/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Tail (6/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
捕
捉
田
獵
結
網
俯咸蟲蟄
月五
刑虛
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Appropriate Activities
Seizing and Capturing
Field Venery
Binding Nets
Insects Tuck Themselves Away
(the fifty-fourth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Appropriate Activities
Seizing and Capturing
Field Venery
Binding Nets
Insects Tuck Themselves Away
(the fifty-fourth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Five Vacancies
Lunar Punishment
Lunar Punishment
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
人 州
Person, Landmass
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
房
廁 牀
Edifice
Toilet, Bed
Toilet, Bed
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