A Brief Study of the 28 Lunar Lodges Annotated Calendar: Focused on the Annotated Calendars of Dunhuang research-article Alain Arrault Central Asiatic Journal, Volume 63 (2020), Issue 1-2, Page 153 - 172 The passage of time, and the predictability of our future, have always preoccupied the individual and our societies, and calendars which indicate auspicious and unlucky days play an important role in this quest. This article traces the development of calendars from the earliest surviving manuscripts located in Dunhuang, Turfan and Khara-khoto to influences from early China, India and western Asia, and latemediaeval China. In particular the tenth-century calendars excavated at Dunhuang, with its twenty-eight lodges in seven sexagenary cycles (one for each day of the month) show signs of significant complexity. Arrault concludes that these combine the twenty-eight lodges with the twelve houses of the Western zodiac.
