Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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12/10............................................................................................................12/3
12/10............................................................................................................12/3
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.
六
日
日期星
Twelfth Month, Sixth Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, December 6
Sunday, December 6
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
十解
靈神
靈神
Unleashing Spirits
Ten Spirits
Ten Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶中
酉己丑
吉凶凶
戌午寅
凶中中
凶中中
亥未卯
吉中中
吉中中
23:00-01:00 In-Between
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 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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
動作
土龜
Tortoise Divination
Moving Soil
動作
土龜
Tortoise Divination
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
五
丙
辰
水
虛
定
Twenty-Fifth Day Day (Tenth Lunar Month)
丙
辰
水
虛
定
Twenty-Fifth Day Day (Tenth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingchen (53/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Void (11/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Grasp (6/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
醫嫁
病娶
捕納
捉采
田袁
獵謀
伐衣
木理
土
符
復天
喪賊
復天
喪賊
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Appropriate Activities
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Long-Term Planning
Arranging Clothing
Physician Treatments
Seizing and Capturing
Field Venery
Felling Timber
Earth Charm
Appropriate Activities
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Long-Term Planning
Arranging Clothing
Physician Treatments
Seizing and Capturing
Field Venery
Felling Timber
Earth Charm
Baleful Astral Influences
Heavenly Thief
Repeat Mourning
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
丫 水
Bifurcation, Water
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
栖 灶
Kitchen
Perch, Stove
Perch, Stove
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