China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 04-30

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
4/30.................................................................................................................................................4/22

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 of 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)

三

十

六 期星

Fourth Month, Thirtieth Day

Saturday, April 30

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

天益

恩後

Increase Behind

Heavenly Kindness

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

凶吉吉

酉巳丑

吉吉吉

戌午寅

凶中中

亥未卯

中凶吉

23:00-1:00 Auspicious

1:00-3:00 Auspicious

3:00-5:00 In-Between

5:00-7:00 Auspicious

7:00-9:00 Auspicious

9:00-11:00 Auspicious

11:00-13:00 In-Between

13:00-15:00 Inauspicious

15:00-17:00 Inauspicious

17:00-19:00 Auspicious

19:00-21:00 Inauspicious

21:00-23:00 In-Between

————

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

忌
修詞

倉訟

Lawsuits and Litigation

Repairing Granaries

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

三

十

癸

丑

木

柳

收

Thirtieth Day (Third Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: guichou (50//60)

Phase (element): Wood

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Willow (24/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

日

偏

食

————

香

港

地

區

不

見

————

戴

勝

降

于

桑

五水

虛痕

The Sun is Partially Eclipsed

(not seen in the Hong Kong area)

Appropriate Activities

(None listed today; this is a rarity)

Hoopoe Alights in Mulberry

(the eighteenth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)

Baleful Asterisms

Water Scar

Five Voids

————

Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(the Chinese should be read right to left）

白 神

White, Spirit

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

房

厠 牀

Edifice

Toilet, Bed

China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 04-29

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
4/30.................................................................................................................................................4/22

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 of 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

九

五 期星

Fourth Month, Twenty-Ninth Day

Friday, April 29

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

天月天歲

喜德德德

Generational Exemplarity

Heavenly Exemplarity

Lunar Exemplarity

Heavenly Happiness

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

凶吉吉

酉巳丑

中吉吉

戌午寅

凶凶吉

亥未卯

中吉吉

23:00-1:00 Auspicious

1:00-3:00 Auspicious

3:00-5:00 Auspicious

5:00-7:00 Auspicious

7:00-9:00 Auspicious

9:00-11:00 Auspicious

11:00-13:00 Inauspicious

13:00-15:00 Auspicious

15:00-17:00 Inauspicious

17:00-19:00 IIn-Between

19:00-21:00 Inauspicious

21:00-23:00 In-Between

————

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

忌
娶田放開

魚獵水渠

Opening Irrigation Sluices

Putting-into Water

Field Venery (Goin' Huntin')

Garnering Piscinity (Goin' Fishin')

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

廿

九

壬

子

木

鬼

成

Twenty-Ninth Day (Third Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: renzi (49//60)

Phase (element): Wood

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Ghost (23/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Completion (9/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

宜

上開出祭

樑市行祀

安交嫁祈

牀易娶福

成修納入

服造采學

安動醫會

葬土病友

煞班

俱天歸四

將牢忌耗

Appropriate Activities

Venerating Ancestors

Inquiring-into Fortune

Entering Study

Meeting Friends

Going Out (and about)

Marriage Alliances

Grain Payments

Physician Visits

Opening Markets

Trade and Commerce

Repairing and Constructing

Moving Soil

Raising Beams

Positioning Beds

Completing Clothing

Positioning Graves

Classified Balefulness

Baleful Asterisms

Four Squanders

Return Taboo

Heavenly Penitentiary

Everything General

————

Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(the Chinese should be read right to left）

白 地

White, Earth

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

碓 庫 倉

Pestle, Storehouse, Granary

China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 04-28

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
4/30.................................................................................................................................................4/22

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 of 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

八

四 期星

Fourth Month, Twenty-Eighth Day

Thursday, April 28

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

十歲

靈祿

Generational Emolument

Ten Spirits

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

凶吉吉

亥未卯

中吉吉

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 Auspicious

13:00-15:00 Auspicious

15:00-17:00 Inauspicious

17:00-19:00 Inauspicious

19:00-21:00 Inauspicious

21:00-23:00 In-Between

————

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

忌
嫁醞

娶釀

Fermenting Beverages

Marriage Alliances

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

廿

八

辛

亥

金

井

危

Twenty-Eighth Day (Third Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: xinhai (48//60)

Phase (element): Metal

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Well (22/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

宜

會

友

掃

舍

重上

日朔

天下

賊兀

Appropriate Activities

Meeting Friends

Sweeping Rooms

Baleful Asterisms

Upper Decade

Lower Amputee

Doubled Days

Heavenly Thief

————

Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(the Chinese should be read right to left）

丫 林

Bifurcation, Copse

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

㕑

牀 灶

Kitchen

Bed, Stove

China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 04-27

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
4/30.................................................................................................................................................4/22

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 of 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

七

三 期星

Fourth Month, Twenty-Seventh Day

Wednesday, April 27

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

十月

靈恩

Lunar Kindness

Ten Spirits

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

凶凶凶

酉巳丑

中中吉

戌午寅

凶吉中

亥未卯

中吉中

23:00-1:00 Inauspicious

1:00-3:00 Auspicious

3:00-5:00 In-Between

5:00-7:00 In-Between

7:00-9:00 Inauspicious

9:00-11:00 In-Between

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 In-Between

————

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

忌
開結

市網

Binding Nets

Opening Markets

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

廿

七

庚

戌

金

參

破

Twenty-Seventh Day (Third Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: gengxu (47//60)

Phase (element): Metal

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Gathering (21/28)
"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

大月

耗破

陰債

將不

Appropriate Activities

Seeking Physicians

Treating Illness

Destroying Rooms

Smashing Embankments

Baleful Asterisms

Lunar Destruction

Debt Not

Great Squander

Yin General

————

Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(the Chinese should be read right to left）

丫 天

Bifurcation, Heaven

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

碓

栖 磨

Pestle

Perch, Mortar