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
七
一期星
Eleventh Month, Seventeenth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, November 17
Monday, November 17
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
陽解
德神
德神
Unleashing Spirits
Yang Virtue
Yang Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中凶
酉己丑
吉凶吉
戌午寅
凶中吉
亥未卯
凶中吉
亥未卯
吉中吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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.
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01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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.
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Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
動開
土渠
Opening Sluices
Moving Soil
動開
土渠
Opening Sluices
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
五
壬
五
壬
辰
水
水
畢
執
執
Twenty-Fifth Day (Intercalary Ninth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renchen (29/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Net (19/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Grasp (6/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
理入
髮學
捕嫁
捉娶
結裁
綱衣
雉
入
大
水
為
蜃
重龍
喪口
理入
髮學
捕嫁
捉娶
結裁
綱衣
雉
入
大
水
為
蜃
重龍
喪口
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Appropriate Activities
Entering Study
Marriage Alliances
Cutting-out Clothing
Patterning Hair
Seizing and Apprehending
Binding Nets
Pheasants Dive Into Water and Become Monster Clams
(the fifty-seventh of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Entering Study
Marriage Alliances
Cutting-out Clothing
Patterning Hair
Seizing and Apprehending
Binding Nets
Pheasants Dive Into Water and Become Monster Clams
(the fifty-seventh of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Dragon Mouth
Repeat Mourning
Repeat Mourning
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
丫 水
Bifurcation, Water
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(right to left)
丫 水
Bifurcation, Water
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Information
倉
倉
栖 庫
Granary
Perch, Storehouse
Granary
Perch, Storehouse
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