Am I praying the Liturgy of the Hours volume 3 for week 5 right?

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I received the 4 volume set as a gift, and I’m still pretty new at it.
I have been working through volume 3 everyday thanks to people helping me here in this forum.
Yesterday I was at page 1263 Saturday, Week IV, and today I wanted to proceed for week V Sunday, but instead there are night prayers. Since I know that volume 3 continues till March 5th, and since I want to be on the same page as everyone, I wonder if week 5 starts again with week 1 that is page 688?
Can anyone give me a guideline what pages I have to read for Sunday, Feb 10th, 2019 for a full day so that I know how to proceed for the next few days till March 5th.
 
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If you look at p. 168 in the Proper of Seasons, “Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time” , you’ll see that right below that heading there is a rubric that says “Psalter, Week I”. No matter what time of year it is, if you pay attention to the rubrics in the Proper of Seasons, there is never any question as to which week it is in the Psalter.
 
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Since I know that volume 3 continues till March 5th, and since I want to be on the same page as everyone, I wonder if week 5 starts again with week 1 that is page 688?
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Exactly. The Psalter has only four weeks and is cycled through repeatedly.
 
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and today I wanted to proceed for week V Sunday
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There is no Week V. The Psalter is over four weeks. After Week IV you go back to Week I except where certain liturgical dates determine another week should be used. It would be advisable to get a copy of your diocesan ordo. You can probably find it on your diocese’s website. It tells you which week of the Psalter you should be using. Also, check your parish’s weekly bulletin. Somewhere in the bulletin it will usually say which cycle of Sunday readings for Mass we are on, the cycle of readings for weekday Masses and the current week of the Psalter.
 
I never saw this. So thank you for bringing this to my attention
 
If you look in the first section (Proper of the Season) of Volume 3, on my page 168, immediately under the heading, “FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME,” it says (in red), “Psalter, Week I.”

Another place you could look to see which week of the Psalter to use is the 2019 Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America (pdf). The listing for February 10, 2019 says, “SUN FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME green Is 6:1-2a, 3-8/1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11/Lk 5:1-11 (75) Pss I.” The last part of the listing, namely, “Pss I,” i.e., Psalms I, indicates that Week I of the Psalter should be used.
 
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