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
五
六期星
Eleventh Month, Fifteenth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, November 15
Saturday, November 15
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
不歲
將祿
將祿
Generational Emolument
Not General
Not General
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶吉凶
酉己丑
中凶吉
戌午寅
凶吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉吉
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
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.
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01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
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.
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Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
祭結
祀綱
Binding Nets
Venerating Ancestors
祭結
祀綱
Binding Nets
Venerating Ancestors
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
三
庚
三
庚
寅
木
木
胃
平
平
Twenty-Third Day (Intercalary Ninth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengyin (27/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Stomach (17/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
開出
市行
動嫁
土娶
上納
樑裁
安移
葬徙
五
開出
市行
動嫁
土娶
上納
樑裁
安移
葬徙
五
虛
月天
忌牢
月天
忌牢
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Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Moving Soil
Putting-up Beams
Positioning Graves
Five Voids
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Moving Soil
Putting-up Beams
Positioning Graves
Five Voids
Baleful Astral Influences
Heavenly Penitentiary
Lunar Taboo
Lunar Taboo
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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(right to left)
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Information
碓
爐 磨
Pestle
Furnace, Mortar
碓
爐 磨
Pestle
Furnace, Mortar
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