China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 11-26

 Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs" 

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
11/27............................................................................11/24......................................Monthly Calendar Information

This is one in a never-ending series—following the movements of the calendar—in Round and Square perpetuity. It is today's date in the Chinese lunar-solar (or "luni-solar" calendar; I call it the "lunar" calendar in order to distinguish it from the kinds of calendars most Westerners use. It has a basic translation and minimal interpretation. 

As for interpreting the translation, unless you have been studying calendars (and Chinese culture) for many years, you will likely find yourself asking "what does that mean?" I would caution that "it" doesn't "mean" any one thing (almost any "it" you will see). There are clusters of meaning, and they require patience, reflection, careful reading, and, well, a little bit of ethnographic fieldwork. The best place to start is the introduction to "Calendars and Almanacs" on this blog. I teach a semester-long course on this topic and, trust me, it takes a little bit of time to get used to the lunar calendar. Some of the material is readily accessible; some of it is impenetrable, even after many years. And do not assume that people from China understand the traditional calendar particularly well, either. I have encountered confusion and furrowed brows for countless items in the calendar. It can seem "remote," in other words, from the world we live in these days, and yet it is printed anew every single year.

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 o

f the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar. You will likely find that several of the translations seem quite "fanciful" in English. I am simply trying to convey that they also sound fairly fanciful in Chinese.                                                                    

                                                       Section One

                                                 Solar Calendar Date

                                           (top to bottom, right to left)

廿

六

六期星

Eleventh Month, Twenty-Sixth Day

Saturday, November 26

————

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

十天天德歲

靈醫喜日支

Generational Branch

Exemplary Days

Heavenly Happiness

Heavenly Physician

Ten Spirits

————

Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left) 
申辰甲

凶中吉

酉巳丑

中凶凶

戌午寅

吉吉吉

亥未卯

中凶吉

23:00-1:00 Auspicious

1:00-3:00 Inauspicious

3:00-5:00 Auspicious

5:00-7:00 Auspicious

7:00-9:00 In-Between

9:00-11:00 Inauspicious

11:00-13:00 Auspicious

13:00-15:00 Inauspicious

15:00-17:00 Inauspicious

17:00-19:00 In-Between

19:00-21:00 Auspicious

21:00-23:00 n-Between

————

Section Four 
Activities to Avoid  
(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

忌

進新作修詞

水船灶厨訟

Lawsuits and Litigation

Repairing Kitchens

Stove Work

New Boats

Entering Water

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

初

三

癸

未

木

女

成

Third Day (Eleventh Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: guiwei (20/60)

Phase (element): Wood

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Maiden (10//28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Completion (9/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

宜

安上立訂祭

牀樑約婚祀

納築交納祈

畜提易采福

成修修裁入

服倉造衣學

安醞動開會

葬釀土市友

星火

往招厭四水

亡搖對擊痕

Appropriate Activities

Venerating Ancestors

Inquiring-into Fortune

Entering Study

Meeting Friends

Marriage Engagements

Grain Payments

Cutting-out Clothing

Opening Markets

Making Appointments

Trade and Commerce

Repairing and Constructing

Moving Soil

Raising Beams

Constructing Dikes

Repairing Granaries

Fermenting Beverages

Positioning Beds

Livestock Payments

Completing Clothing

Positioning Graves

Fire Star

Baleful Asterisms

Water Scar

Four Fisticuffs

Mutual Repression

Rollicking Braggadocio

Toward Demise

————

Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(the Chinese is read from right to left; the English, however, "fits" directly below each character)

丫

Bifurcation

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

(the Chinese is read from right to left; the English,

however, "fits" intuitively in the configuration of characters)

厠 牀 房

Toilet, Bed, Edifice

China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 11-25

 Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs" 

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
11/27............................................................................11/24......................................Monthly Calendar Information

This is one in a never-ending series—following the movements of the calendar—in Round and Square perpetuity. It is today's date in the Chinese lunar-solar (or "luni-solar" calendar; I call it the "lunar" calendar in order to distinguish it from the kinds of calendars most Westerners use. It has a basic translation and minimal interpretation. 

As for interpreting the translation, unless you have been studying calendars (and Chinese culture) for many years, you will likely find yourself asking "what does that mean?" I would caution that "it" doesn't "mean" any one thing (almost any "it" you will see). There are clusters of meaning, and they require patience, reflection, careful reading, and, well, a little bit of ethnographic fieldwork. The best place to start is the introduction to "Calendars and Almanacs" on this blog. I teach a semester-long course on this topic and, trust me, it takes a little bit of time to get used to the lunar calendar. Some of the material is readily accessible; some of it is impenetrable, even after many years. And do not assume that people from China understand the traditional calendar particularly well, either. I have encountered confusion and furrowed brows for countless items in the calendar. It can seem "remote," in other words, from the world we live in these days, and yet it is printed anew every single year.

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 o

f the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar. You will likely find that several of the translations seem quite "fanciful" in English. I am simply trying to convey that they also sound fairly fanciful in Chinese.                                                                    

                                                       Section One

                                                 Solar Calendar Date

                                           (top to bottom, right to left)

廿

五

五期星

Eleventh Month, Twenty-Fifth Day

Friday, November 25

————

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

三歲歲

合支德

Generational Exemplarity

Generational Branch

Three Linkages

————

Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left) 
申辰甲

凶中凶

酉巳丑

中凶吉

戌午寅

中中吉

亥未卯

吉吉吉

23:00-1:00 Inauspicious

1:00-3:00 Auspicious

3:00-5:00 Auspicious

5:00-7:00 Auspicious

7:00-9:00 In-Between

9:00-11:00 Inauspicious

11:00-13:00 In-Between

13:00-15:00 Auspicious

15:00-17:00 Inauspicious

17:00-19:00 In-Between

19:00-21:00 In-Between

21:00-23:00 Auspicious

————

Section Four 
Activities to Avoid  
(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

忌

除放開

服水渠

Opening Irrigation Sluices

Putting-into Water

Discarding Clothing

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

初

二

壬

午

木

牛

危

Second Day (Eleventh Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: renwu (19/60)

Phase (element): Wood

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Oxen (9//28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

宜

動理祭

土髮祀

上出會

樑伙友

安入訂

牀宅婚

作修裁

灶造衣

不債

復重下

日喪兀

Appropriate Activities

Venerating Ancestors

Meeting Friends

Marriage Engagements

Cutting-out Clothing

Patterning Hair

Gathering with Colleagues

Entering Mansions (Staying Home)

Repairing and Constructing

Moving Soil

Raising Beams

Positioning Beds

Stove Work

Debt Not

Baleful Asterisms

Lower Amputee

Doubled Mourning

Repeated Days

————

Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(the Chinese is read from right to left; the English, however, "fits" directly below each character)

白

White

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

(the Chinese is read from right to left; the English,

however, "fits" intuitively in the configuration of characters)

厨

牀 灶

Kitchen

Bed, Stove

China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 11-24

 Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs" 

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
11/27............................................................................11/24......................................Monthly Calendar Information

This is one in a never-ending series—following the movements of the calendar—in Round and Square perpetuity. It is today's date in the Chinese lunar-solar (or "luni-solar" calendar; I call it the "lunar" calendar in order to distinguish it from the kinds of calendars most Westerners use. It has a basic translation and minimal interpretation. 

As for interpreting the translation, unless you have been studying calendars (and Chinese culture) for many years, you will likely find yourself asking "what does that mean?" I would caution that "it" doesn't "mean" any one thing (almost any "it" you will see). There are clusters of meaning, and they require patience, reflection, careful reading, and, well, a little bit of ethnographic fieldwork. The best place to start is the introduction to "Calendars and Almanacs" on this blog. I teach a semester-long course on this topic and, trust me, it takes a little bit of time to get used to the lunar calendar. Some of the material is readily accessible; some of it is impenetrable, even after many years. And do not assume that people from China understand the traditional calendar particularly well, either. I have encountered confusion and furrowed brows for countless items in the calendar. It can seem "remote," in other words, from the world we live in these days, and yet it is printed anew every single year.

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 o

f the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar. You will likely find that several of the translations seem quite "fanciful" in English. I am simply trying to convey that they also sound fairly fanciful in Chinese.                                                                    

                                                       Section One

                                                 Solar Calendar Date

                                           (top to bottom, right to left)

廿

四

四期星

Eleventh Month, Twenty-Fourth Day

Thursday, November 24

————

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

不天

將恩

Heavenly Kindness

Not General

————

Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left) 
申辰甲

凶中中

酉巳丑

凶凶吉

戌午寅

吉吉吉

亥未卯

凶吉中

23:00-1:00 In-Between

1:00-3:00 Auspicious

3:00-5:00 Auspicious

5:00-7:00 In-Between

7:00-9:00 In-Between

9:00-11:00 Inauspicious

11:00-13:00 Auspicious

13:00-15:00 Auspicious

15:00-17:00 Inauspicious

17:00-19:00 Inauspicious

19:00-21:00 Auspicious

21:00-23:00 Inauspicious

————

Section Four 
Activities to Avoid  
(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

忌

遠合

行醬

Mixing Sauces

Distant Travels

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

初

一

辛

巳

金

斗

破

First Day (Eleventh Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: xinsi (18/60)

Phase (element): Metal

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Southern Dipper (8//28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Destroy (7/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

宜

求

醫

治

病

破

屋

壞

垣

重月

日破

無大

祿耗

Appropriate Activities

Physician Inquiries

Treating Illness

Destroying Rooms

Smashing Embankments

Baleful Asterisms

Lunar Destruction

Great Squander

Doubled Days

Without Emolument

————

Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(the Chinese is read from right to left; the English, however, "fits" directly below each character)

白 州

White, Landmass

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

(the Chinese is read from right to left; the English,

however, "fits" intuitively in the configuration of characters)

厨

牀 灶

Kitchen

Bed, Stove

China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 11-23

 Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs" 

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
11/23.................................................................................................................................................11/6

This is one in a never-ending series—following the movements of the calendar—in Round and Square perpetuity. It is today's date in the Chinese lunar-solar (or "luni-solar" calendar; I call it the "lunar" calendar in order to distinguish it from the kinds of calendars most Westerners use. It has a basic translation and minimal interpretation. 

As for interpreting the translation, unless you have been studying calendars (and Chinese culture) for many years, you will likely find yourself asking "what does that mean?" I would caution that "it" doesn't "mean" any one thing (almost any "it" you will see). There are clusters of meaning, and they require patience, reflection, careful reading, and, well, a little bit of ethnographic fieldwork. The best place to start is the introduction to "Calendars and Almanacs" on this blog. I teach a semester-long course on this topic and, trust me, it takes a little bit of time to get used to the lunar calendar. Some of the material is readily accessible; some of it is impenetrable, even after many years. And do not assume that people from China understand the traditional calendar particularly well, either. I have encountered confusion and furrowed brows for countless items in the calendar. It can seem "remote," in other words, from the world we live in these days, and yet it is printed anew every single year.

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 o

f the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar. You will likely find that several of the translations seem quite "fanciful" in English. I am simply trying to convey that they also sound fairly fanciful in Chinese.                                                                    

                                                       Section One

                                                 Solar Calendar Date

                                           (top to bottom, right to left)

廿

三

三期星

Eleventh Month, Twenty-Third Day

Wednesday, November 23

————

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

不合天

將日德

Heavenly Exemplarity

Linked Days

Not General

————

Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left) 
申辰甲

凶吉凶

酉巳丑

中凶吉

戌午寅

凶吉吉

亥未卯

吉吉中

23:00-1:00 Inauspicious

1:00-3:00 Auspicious

3:00-5:00 Auspicious

5:00-7:00 In-Between

7:00-9:00 Auspicious

9:00-11:00 Inauspicious

11:00-13:00 Auspicious

13:00-15:00 Auspicious

15:00-17:00 Inauspicious

17:00-19:00 In-Between

19:00-21:00 Inauspicious

21:00-23:00 Auspicious

————

Section Four 
Activities to Avoid  
(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

忌

進新結

水船網

Binding Nets

New Boats

Entering Water

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

三

十

庚

辰

金

箕

執

Thirtieth Day (Ninth Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: gengchen (17/60)

Phase (element): Metal

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Winnowing Basket (7//28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Grasp (6/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

  宜

上納祭

樑采祀

捕移祈

捉徙福

作理會

灶髮友

安醫嫁

葬病娶

痕水

土伏暗

符斷金

Appropriate Activities

Venerating Ancestors

Inquiring-into Fortune

Meeting Friends

Marriage Alliances

Grain Payments

Moving Residences

Patterning Hair (Haircuts and Styling)

Physician Visits

Raising Beams

Seizing and Capturing

Stove Work

Positioning Graves

Water Scar

Baleful Asterisms

Dark Metal

Prostrate Severance

Soil Charm

————

Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(the Chinese is read from right to left; the English, however, "fits" directly below each character)

白 水

White, Water

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

(the Chinese is read from right to left; the English,

however, "fits" intuitively in the configuration of characters)

碓

栖 磨

Pestle

Perch, Mortar