Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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4/6..................................................................................................................3/30
4/6..................................................................................................................3/30
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.
二
日
六期星
Fourth Month, Second Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, April 2
Saturday, April 2
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
月歲
德馬
德馬
Generational Horse
Lunar Virtue
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Lunar Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶吉中
酉己丑
凶中中
戌午寅
吉凶凶
亥未卯
吉凶凶
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 In-Between
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 In-Between
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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
祭開
祀倉
Opening Granaries
Venerating Ancestors
祭開
祀倉
Opening Granaries
Venerating Ancestors
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
五
甲
寅
水
胃
閉
Twenty-Fifth Day Day (Second Lunar Month)
五
甲
寅
水
胃
閉
Twenty-Fifth Day Day (Second Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiayin(51/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Stomach (18/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)
Constellation: Stomach (18/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
拆
卸
掃
舍
歸歲
忌破
陰血
將支
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Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Floors
Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Floors
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Taboo
Blood Branch
Return Taboo
Yin General
Blood Branch
Return Taboo
Yin General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 地
Bifurcation, Earth
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Section Eight
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Activities
占
爐 門
爐 門
Divination
Furnace, Gate
Furnace, Gate
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