China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 07-31

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
8/2............................................................................7/29................,,,,,,,,,,,.......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 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)

卅

一

日期星

Seventh Month, Thirty-First Day

Sunday, July 31

————

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

福民

德日

Peopled Days

Fortunate Exemplarity

————

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

凶吉吉

酉巳丑

吉凶凶

戌午寅

中中吉

亥未卯

中中凶

23:00-1:00 Auspicious

1:00-3:00 Inauspicious

3:00-5:00 Auspicious

5:00-7:00 Inauspicious

7:00-9:00 Auspicious

9:00-11:00 Inauspicious

11:00-13:00 In-Between

13:00-15:00 In-Between

15:00-17:00 Inauspicious

17:00-19:00 Auspicious

19:00-21:00 In-Between

21:00-23:00 In-Between

————

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

忌

詞栽

訟種

Planting and Cultivating

Lawsuits and Litigation

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

初

三

乙

亥

水

房

滿

Third Day (Seventh Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: yiyou (22/60)

Phase (element): Water

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Edifice (4/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Fullness (3/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

宜

開沐

市浴

安掃

門舍

作修

灶造

安動

葬土

水

痕

反雞

支口

Appropriate Activities

Bubbling and Bathing

Sweeping Rooms

Repairing and Constructing

Moving Soil

Opening Markets

Positioning Gates

Stove Work

Positioning Graves

Water Scar

Baleful Asterisms

Chicken Orifice

Opposèd Branch

————

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

丫 山

Bifurcation, Mountain

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

(the Chinese should be read left to right）

碓

門 磨

Pestle

Gate, Mortar

China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 07-30

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
8/2............................................................................7/29................,,,,,,,,,,,.......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 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

Seventh Month, Thirtieth Day

Saturday, July 30

————

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

天歲

德馬

Generational Equinity

Heavenly Exemplarity

————

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

凶吉吉

酉巳丑

吉吉凶

戌午寅

中凶凶

亥未卯

中吉中

23:00-1:00 Auspicious

1:00-3:00 Inauspicious

3:00-5:00 Inauspicious

5:00-7:00 In-Between

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 Auspicious

19:00-21:00 In-Between

21:00-23:00 In-Between

————

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

忌

安開

牀倉

Opening Granaries

Positioning Beds

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

初

二

甲

申

水

氐

除

Second Day (Seventh Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: jiashen (21/60)

Phase (element): Water

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Foundation (3/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Discard (2/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

宜

祭

祀

掃

舍

五歲

虛破

劫債

煞不

Appropriate Activities

Venerating Ancestors

Sweeping Rooms

Baleful Asterisms

Generational Destruction

Debt Not

Five Voids

Baleful Plunder

————

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

白 火

White, Fire

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

(the Chinese should be read left to right）

占

爐 門

Divination

Furnace, Gate

China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 07-29

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
8/2............................................................................7/29................,,,,,,,,,,,.......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 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

九月

五期星

Seventh Month, Twenty-Ninth Day

Friday, July 29

————

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

德歲

日支

Generational Branch

Exemplary Days

————

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

凶中吉

酉巳丑

中吉凶

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 Auspicious

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 In-Between

————

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

忌

行詞

喪訟

Lawsuits and Litigation

Mourning Visits

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

初

一

癸

未

木

亢

建

First Day (Seventh Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: guiwei (20/60)

Phase (element): Wood

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Neck (2/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish (1/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

宜

移祭

徙祀

開會

市友

交出

易行

上嫁

樑娶

楊

忌

三土

喪府

Appropriate Activities

Venerating Ancestors

Meeting Friends

Going Out (and about)

Marriage Alliances

Moving Residences

Opening Markets

Trade and Commerce

Raising Beams

Poplar Taboo

Baleful Asterisms

Soil Palace

Three Mournings

————

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

白 神

White, Spirit

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

(the Chinese should be read left to right）

房

厠 牀

Edifice

Toilet, Bed

China's Lunar-Solar Calendar 2022 07-28

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

⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦
7/28.....................................................................................................,,,,,,,,,,,..................................7/21

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-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

Seventh Month, Twenty-Eighth Day

Thursday, July 28

————

Section Two
Beneficent Stars 

(top to bottom, right to left)

不歲

將德

Generational Exemplarity

Not General

————

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

凶中凶

酉巳丑

中吉凶

戌午寅

中中吉

亥未卯

吉吉吉

23:00-1:00 Inauspicious

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  Auspicious

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

放開

水渠

Opening Irrigation Sluices

Putting-into Water

————

Section Five 
Cosmological Information

三

十

壬

午

木

角

閉

Thirtieth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)

Cyclical Day: renwu (19/60)

Phase (element): Wood

"Constellation Personality" Cycle: Horn(1/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)

————

Section Six

Appropriate Activities

and Miscellaneous Information

(top-to-bottom; right to left) 

宜

補

塞

除

服

安

葬

————

土

潤

溽

暑

血水

支痕

Appropriate Activities

Patching and Plugging

Discarding Clothing

Positioning Graves

Soil is Steaming Wet

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

Baleful Asterisms

Water Scar

Blood Branch

————

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

白 地

White, Earth

————

Section Eight

Miscellaneous Items

(the Chinese should be read left to right）

倉

碓 庫

Granary

Pestle, Storehouse