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
廿
三
日期星
Eleventh Month, Twenty-Third Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, November 23
Sunday, November 23
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
三歲
合支
合支
Generational Branch
Three Linkages
Three Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中凶凶
酉己丑
中凶吉
戌午寅
中吉凶
亥未卯
中吉凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Production
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Production
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
二
戊
二
戊
戌
木
木
星
閉
閉
Second Day (Tenth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: wuxu (35/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Asterism (25/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
修
造
動
土
作
厠
結
綱
血反
支支
月寡
虛宿
修
造
動
土
作
厠
結
綱
血反
支支
月寡
虛宿
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Appropriate Activities
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Making Toilets
Binding Nets
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Making Toilets
Binding Nets
Baleful Astral Influences
Reverse Branch
Orphaned Hostel
Blood Branch
Lunar Void
Orphaned Hostel
Blood Branch
Lunar Void
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
白 地
White, Earth
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(right to left)
白 地
White, Earth
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Information
房
栖 牀
House
Perch, Bed
房
栖 牀
House
Perch, Bed
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