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
五
二期星
Eleventh Month, Twenty-Fifth Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, November 25
Tuesday, November 25
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合天
日德
日德
Heavenly Virtue
Linked Days
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中凶
酉己丑
吉凶吉
戌午寅
凶凶中
亥未卯
凶凶中
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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
問結
卜綱
Binding Nets
Forecasting Fate
問結
卜綱
Binding Nets
Forecasting Fate
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
四
庚
四
庚
子
土
土
翌
除
除
Fourth Day (Tenth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengzi (37/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Wings (27/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Discard (2/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
祭
祀
掃
舍
大歲
敗破
陽咸
將池
祭
祀
掃
舍
大歲
敗破
陽咸
將池
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
Widespread Pond
Great Defeat
Yang General
Widespread Pond
Great Defeat
Yang General
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
丫 火
Bifurcation, Fire
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(right to left)
丫 火
Bifurcation, Fire
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Information
占
占
磨 碓
Divination
Mortar, Pestle
Divination
Mortar, Pestle
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