Its again the Period for Sending back Zao Jun (灶君) aka Kitchen Deity to the Celestial Realm for the Reporting of the whole Year's Credits & Debits of the Mortals.
In the following are 2 links to the more detailed
Introduction posted in the past years:
Sweet Potato Horse for Kitchen Deity (番薯馬送灶君):
In the following
its the list of Good Timing for Sending off of Kitchen Deities for the 3 Days
(三日吉時送灶列表):
23rd Day (臘月廿三) – 23 Jan 2014
0100 – 0259 (丑時)
0300 – 0459 (寅時)
1300 – 1459 (未時)
24th Day (臘月廿四) – 24 Jan 2014
2300 – 0059 (子時)
0300 – 0459 (寅時)
0500 – 0659 (卯時)
1500 – 1659 (申時)
2100 – 2259 (亥時)
25th Day (臘月廿五) – 25 Jan 2014
2300 – 0059 (子時)
0100 – 0259 (丑時)
0900 – 1059 (巳時)
1300 – 1459 (未時)
1500 – 1659 (申時)
2100 – 2259 (亥時)
註﹕每年的廿五日送灶﹐其吉時必然會比前兩天多。
PS: Auspicious Timing on 25th Day will usually
be more than the 2 other Days.
Additional Info 多知一點點:
Star of Kitchen Deity –
Vesta (天文學中的灶神星)
In Taoism and Chinese Culture, we have been talking about
Kitchen Deity (灶君) for
Thousands of Years, but in fact, a lot of Taoists and Chinese do not know that
in our Universe, there is a Star dedicated to “him”.
This Star in Astrometry is known as Vesta (灶神星).
Vesta, the name of the Roman Goddess of Heart &
Hearth, whenever she present, it will represent Fire and this is how, Vesta was
being depicted as the Overall In-charge of Kitchen/Food in Taoism & Chinese
Culture.
In the Universe,
Vesta is situated in near to Pluto (冥王星) and
Ceres (穀神星) – which in Taoism, Ceres is the Star that look after all the
Growth and Harvesting of Plantations & Crops.
According to Astrology Study, Vesta shall be of 10 – 20
Hundred Million Years old and the distance from Vesta to Earth is about 117
Million Mile (approx of 188 Million Km).
For those who are interested in knowing more on Vesta and
the linkage with Roman Mythology, it will be great that you all can go indepth
in the research.
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