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
八
二期星
Eleventh Month, Eighteenth Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, November 18
Tuesday, November 18
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天驛
後馬
後馬
Postal Horse
Heavenly After
Heavenly After
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉凶
酉己丑
中凶中
戌午寅
吉中中
亥未卯
吉中中
亥未卯
凶凶吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 In-Between
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
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
遠詞
行訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Distant Journeys
遠詞
行訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Distant Journeys
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
六
癸
六
癸
巳
水
水
嘴
破
破
Twenty-Sixth Day (Intercalary Ninth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guisi (30/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Beak of the Turtle (20/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Destroy (7/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
求
求
醫
治
病
破
屋
壞
垣
債月
不破
重上
日兀
債月
不破
重上
日兀
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Appropriate Activities
Seeking Medical-treatment
Treating Illnesses
Gutting Rooms
Breaking-down Walls
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Seeking Medical-treatment
Treating Illnesses
Gutting Rooms
Breaking-down Walls
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Destruction
Upper Amputee
Debt Not
Doubled Days
Upper Amputee
Debt Not
Doubled Days
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
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(right to left)
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Information
占
占
牀 房
Divination
Bed, House
Divination
Bed, House
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