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.
Solar Calendar Date
(top to bottom; right to left
十
二
三期星
Eleventh Month, Twelfth Day
Astral Period Three
Wednesday, November 12
Wednesday, November 12
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
德歲
日支
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
Virtuous Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中凶
酉己丑
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中凶
酉己丑
吉凶中
戌午寅
吉吉吉
亥未卯
吉吉吉
亥未卯
吉吉凶
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 In-Between
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
09:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 In-Between
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
09:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
The hours above are for Hong Kong. It is up to you if you want to recalibrate or to assume that the cyclicality of the calendar "covers" the rest of the world. This is a greater interpretive challenge than you might think.
Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
嫁理
娶髮
Patterning Hair
Marriage Alliances
嫁理
娶髮
Patterning Hair
Marriage Alliances
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
二
十
丁
十
丁
亥
土
土
壁
建
建
Twentieth Day (Intercalary Ninth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: dinghai (24/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Eastern Wall (14/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish (1/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
祭
祀
沐
浴
————
地
始
凍
————
土重
府日
祭
祀
沐
浴
————
地
始
凍
————
土重
府日
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Bubbling and Bathing
Earth Begins to Freeze
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Bubbling and Bathing
Earth Begins to Freeze
(the fifty-sixth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the lunar calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Baleful Astral Influences
Doubled Days
Earth Palace
Earth Palace
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
人 神
Person, Spirit
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(right to left)
人 神
Person, Spirit
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Information
倉
牀 磨
牀 磨
Granary
Bed, Mortar
Bed, Mortar
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