China's Lunar Calendar 2015 07-01

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

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7/6..................................................................................................................6/29

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 calendar, along with basic translation and minimal interpretation. Unless you have been studying lunar 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. 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.

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.

Section One

Solar Calendar Date
一 七
日月

二期星

Seventh Month, First Day

Astral Period Three
Wednesday, July 1

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Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

月天天母
恩熹馬倉
Maternal Granary
Heavenly Horse
Heavenly Happiness
Lunar Kindness

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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left) 
申辰子
凶 吉凶
酉己丑

中吉凶

戌午寅
中吉凶
亥未卯
中吉吉

23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious

07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
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 In-Between
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
祈祭置買
福祀業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune

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Section Five 
Cosmological Information 

十
五
戊
寅
土
參
成

Sixteenth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)

Cyclical day: wuyin (15/60)

Phase (element): Earth

Constellation: Gathering (21/28)

"Day Personality" Cycle: Completion (9/12)

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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)

宜

上開納入
樑市采學
安交嫁會
牀易娶友
納修裁出
畜造衣行
安動醫訂
葬土病婚
將陽
大白歸四
  煞虎忌祥不 

————
Appropriate Activities
 Entering Study
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Marriage Alliances
Cutting-out Clothing
Physician Visits
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Repairing and Constructing
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Positioning Beds
Livestock Payments
Positioning Graves

Yang General

Baleful Astral Influences

Four Fortune-Nots
Return Taboo
White Tiger
Great Balefulness

Section Seven

Inauspicious Stars 
丫 水
Bifurcation, Water

————

Section Eight

爐 牀 房

Furnace, Bed, Edifice

China's Lunar Calendar 2015 06-30

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦
7/6..................................................................................................................6/29

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 calendar, along with basic translation and minimal interpretation. Unless you have been studying lunar 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. 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.

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.

Section One

Solar Calendar Date
三
十

二期星

Sixth Month, Thirtieth Day

Astral Period Two
Tuesday, June 30

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Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

陰聖
心得
Sagely Heart-Mind
Yin Virtue

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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left) 
申辰子
中中凶
酉己丑

吉吉凶

戌午寅
中吉中
亥未卯
吉凶凶

23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious

07:00-09:00  In-Between
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 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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.
                             —————————————————

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

忌
除理
服法
Patterning Hair

Discarding Clothing

—————————————————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information 

十
五
丁
丑
水
觜
尾

Fifteenth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)

Cyclical day: dingchou (14/60)

Phase (element): Water

Constellation: Beak of the Turtle (20/28)

"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)

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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)

宜
祭

祀

掃

舍

長歲
星破
重上
喪兀 

————
Appropriate Activities
 Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms

Baleful Astral Influences

Generational Destruction
Upper Amputee
Long Star
Repeat Mourning

Section Seven

Inauspicious Stars 
丫 人
Bifurcation, Person

————

Section Eight

倉
厠 庫

Granary
Toilet, Storehouse

China's Calendar 2015 06-29

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦
7/6..................................................................................................................6/29

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 calendar, along with basic translation and minimal interpretation. Unless you have been studying lunar 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. 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.

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.

Section One

Solar Calendar Date
廿
九

一期星

Sixth Month, Twenty-Ninth Day

Astral Period One
Monday, June 29

———————————————— 

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

德歲
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days

—————————————————

Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left) 
申辰子
中凶凶
酉己丑

吉吉凶

戌午寅
吉凶中
亥未卯
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 Auspicious
11:00-13:00  Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between

15:00-17:00 In-Between
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.
                             —————————————————

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

忌
作修
灶廚
Kitchen Repairs

Stove Work

—————————————————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information 

十
四
丙
子
水
畢
破

Fourteenth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)

Cyclical day: bingzi (13/60)

Phase (element): Water

Constellation: Net (19/28)

"Day Personality" Cycle: Destroy (7/12)

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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)

宜
破
屋
壞
垣

大月
耗破
灾月
煞忌 

————
Appropriate Activities
 Destroying Rooms
Smashing Walls

Baleful Astral Influences

Lunar Destruction
Lunar Taboo
Great Squander
Baleful Conflagration

Section Seven

Inauspicious Stars 
白 鬼
White, Ghost

————

Section Eight

廚
碓 灶

Kitchen
Pestle, Stove

China's Lunar Calendar 2015 06-28

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦
6/28....................................................................................................................6/21

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 calendar, along with basic translation and minimal interpretation. Unless you have been studying lunar 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. 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.

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.

Section One

Solar Calendar Date
廿
八

日期星

Sixth Month, Twenty-Eighth Day

Astral Period Sun
Sunday, June 28

———————————————— 

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

十合歲
靈日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
Ten Spirits

—————————————————

Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left) 
申辰子
吉中凶
酉己丑

中凶凶

戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
中吉吉

23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious

07:00-09:00  In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00  In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious

15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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.
                             —————————————————

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

忌
除嫁栽
服娶種
Planting and Cultivating
Marriage Alliances
Discarding Clothing

—————————————————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information 

十
三
乙
亥
火
昂
執

Thirteenth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)

Cyclical day: jiaxu (12/60)

Phase (element): Fire

Constellation: Pleiades (18/28)

"Day Personality" Cycle: Grasp (6/12)

—————————————————  

Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)

宜

動會祭
土友祀
上理祈
樑髮福
捕移入
捉徙學
作修出
灶造行

日重
大小八
亡空耗專 

————
Appropriate Activities
 Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Entering Study
Going Out (and about)

Meeting Friends

Patterning Hair

Moving Households

Repairing and Building

Moving Soil

Raising Beams

Seizing and Capturing

Stove Work
 
Doubled Days

Baleful Astral Influences

Eight Specialties
Small Squander
Great Loss-Void

Section Seven

Inauspicious Stars 
白 山
White, Mountain

————

Section Eight

碓
牀 磨

Pestle
Bed, Mortar