Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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12/2.......................................................................................................11/24
12/2.......................................................................................................11/24
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
六
四期星
Eleventh Month, Twenty-Sixth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, November 26
Thursday, November 26
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
六歲
合支
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
Six Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶凶
酉己丑
吉凶凶
戌午寅
吉吉中
吉吉中
亥未卯
吉中中
吉中中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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
作修
灶廚
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
作修
灶廚
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
五
丙
午
水
角
危
Fifteenth Day Day (Tenth Lunar Month)
丙
午
水
角
危
Fifteenth Day Day (Tenth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingwei (43/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Horn (1/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
兀
————
宜
動祭
土祀
裁掃
衣舍
伐修
木造
復
喪
五四
虛廢
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Lower Amputee
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Repairing and Constructing
Moving Soil
Cutting-out Clothing
Felling Timber
Repeat Mourning
(the fifty-fourth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Lower Amputee
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Repairing and Constructing
Moving Soil
Cutting-out Clothing
Felling Timber
Repeat Mourning
(the fifty-fourth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Four Abandonments
Five Vacancies
Five Vacancies
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
丫
Bifurcation
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
碓 灶
Kitchen
Pestle, Stove
Pestle, Stove
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