Yet another XKDG date selection example

From our earlier blog, we have at least proposed an automated method to generate Xuan Kong Da Gua numerals. This will make life easier for lazy blokes in this modern era.

Now we observe for 3th October 2011, we have a useable date, at least in theory. In October 2011, there are very few standard auspicious dates e.g. Combination of Ten but the Family Structure is immensely useable if you run into some queer requirements.

Assumptions
We take note the dates are generated for GMT+8 without solar time adjustment (yes, I am based in Singapore).
Other date selection systems are not considered, yet.

3/10/2011,Xin Mao,Ding You,Xin Mao,Wu Zi, Day Breaker!!, Month breaker!

0: ,[23],[49],[23],[74]
2: ,[23],[49],[23],[92]
4: ,[23],[49],[23],[31]
6: **Family,[23],[49],[23],[23]
8: **Family,[23],[49],[23],[64]
10: ,[23],[49],[23],[46]
12: ,[23],[49],[23],[91]
14: ,[23],[49],[23],[76]
16: ,[23],[49],[23],[84]
18: S breaker:Hour breaker: **Family,[23],[49],[23],[49]
20: ,[23],[49],[23],[16]
22: ,[23],[49],[23],[22]

Using the conventional approach, we know 5pm-7pm, the You hour branch clashes with the day's Mao branch. In Mandarin, this is called 破时. For ordinary blokes, this time frame should be avoided unless you are a Master with some hidden tricks.

As the title suggest, 'Practical', suppose we need this time frame for a Geomancy application and it is difficult to propose another time, can we still use this time frame?

Yes and No.

We note that all the Xuan Kong Da Gua numerals interactions form an auspicious timing known as Family Structure. The guas are related to each another because they belong to the Sun-Jian Gua family. To be precise, the relationship is Mother-Son Family Gua Relation. Hence the clash between the hour and day branches can be negated. The key assumption is family gua promotes 'harmony'. In this case, if the house or user's birth date belongs to the Sun-Jian gua family, then this is an immensely suitable date for geomancy application or important occasions.

However there is a caveat.

If the residential sitting/facing gua or user's birth year belongs the Heng-Yi parent guas, then the utility of this date time is reduced as the theory proposed.

The caveat arises from the Xin Mao stem-branch for the year and day. Xin-Mao stem branch could either belong to Heng-Yi or Sun-Jian gua families. The month and hour stem and branch belongs to the Mother Gua of the Sun family. Hence using association, the year and day are presumed to follow Sun family and they are male child guas.

The appearance of Heng-Yi gua parent e.g. from the house's sitting/facing or user birth year will result in gender ambiguity. If the user's birth year belongs to Heng-Yi families parent gua, then the year and day guas' gender are indeterminate. Ambiguous gua gender is considered a taboo.

A possible method to automate Xuan Kong Da Gua date selection?

In the earlier post, we delved into the basic but tedious steps for Xuan Kong Da Gua date selection composition.

Sharper readers will immediately note that there are 64 trigrams but only 60 ganzhi stems/branches, now where do the extra 4 trigrams go to? Is this a trick question? With a bit of guessing, one should be able to figure it out. To understand the reason behind such an arrangement may require some tinkering of the brain.

That aside, the more pressing problem is 'Is it possible to automate the steps?'

Computers are good for such tasks. All you need is to translate the steps into relevant instruction codes and the hard work is performed by the computer. This frees up a lot of energies to focus on the analysis.

As an example, I present the output of the XKDG date numerals for a given month, say October 2011. In this case I took simplifying liberties in converting the Georgian dates to Ganzhi system but the ability to see the basic suitable dates within a month is stress reliever, imagine having to plot all the dates by hand ........no wonder Date Selection services are not that affordable....

Brother Keong's Xuan Kong Da Kua Date Selection
beta release 0.1p Major (Seven Stars/Zi Xu expt), fix Star/Age bug, WBY
Experimental Release!

1/10/2011,Xin Mao,Ding You,Ji Chou,Jia Zi, Month breaker!!

0: ,[23],[49],[92],[11]
2: S breaker:,[23],[49],[92],[36]
4: [23],[49],[92],[24]
6: ,[23],[49],[92],[69]
8: [23],[49],[92],[96]
10: ,[23],[49],[92],[82]
12: ,[23],[49],[92],[89]
14: Hour breaker: [23],[49],[92],[93]
16: ,[23],[49],[92],[17]
18: [23],[49],[92],[27]
20: [23],[49],[92],[72]
22: S breaker:,[23],[49],[92],[33]
2/10/2011,Xin Mao,Ding You,Geng Yin,Bing Zi, Month breaker!!

0: S breaker:,[23],[49],[31],[63]
2: ,[23],[49],[31],[47]
4: ,[23],[49],[31],[86]
6: ,[23],[49],[31],[78]
8: ,[23],[49],[31],[19]
10: ,[23],[49],[31],[37]
12: ,[23],[49],[31],[21]
14: ,[23],[49],[31],[48]
16: Hour breaker:,[23],[49],[31],[39]
18: ,[23],[49],[31],[94]
20: S breaker:,[23],[49],[31],[61]
22: ,[23],[49],[31],[88]
3/10/2011,Xin Mao,Ding You,Xin Mao,Wu Zi, Day Breaker!!, Month breaker!

0: ,[23],[49],[23],[74]
2: ,[23],[49],[23],[92]
4: ,[23],[49],[23],[31]
6: **Family,[23],[49],[23],[23]
8: **Family,[23],[49],[23],[64]
10: ,[23],[49],[23],[46]
12: ,[23],[49],[23],[91]
14: ,[23],[49],[23],[76]
16: ,[23],[49],[23],[84]
18: S breaker:Hour breaker: **Family,[23],[49],[23],[49]
20: ,[23],[49],[23],[16]
22: ,[23],[49],[23],[22]
4/10/2011,Xin Mao,Ding You,Ren Chen,Geng Zi, Month breaker!!

0: ,[23],[49],[64],[29]
2: ,[23],[49],[64],[13]
4: ,[23],[49],[64],[97]
6: ,[23],[49],[64],[87]
8: **Family,[23],[49],[64],[32]
10: ,[23],[49],[64],[73]
12: **Family,[23],[49],[64],[43]
14: ,[23],[49],[64],[67]
16: S breaker:,[23],[49],[64],[26]
18: ,[23],[49],[64],[38]
20: Hour breaker:,[23],[49],[64],[99]
22: ,[23],[49],[64],[77]
5/10/2011,Xin Mao,Ding You,Gui Si,Ren Zi, Month breaker!!

0: ,[23],[49],[46],[81]
2: ,[23],[49],[46],[68]
4: [23],[49],[46],[79]
6: ,[23],[49],[46],[14]
8: [23],[49],[46],[41]
10: [23],[49],[46],[28]
12: ,[23],[49],[46],[34]
14: S breaker:,[23],[49],[46],[12]
16: [23],[49],[46],[71]
18: ,[23],[49],[46],[83]
20: [23],[49],[46],[44]
22: Hour breaker:,[23],[49],[46],[66]
6/10/2011,Xin Mao,Ding You,Jia Wu,Jia Zi, Month breaker!!

0: Hour breaker:,[23],[49],[91],[11]
2: ,[23],[49],[91],[36]
4: [23],[49],[91],[24]
6: ,[23],[49],[91],[69]
8: [23],[49],[91],[96]
10: ,[23],[49],[91],[82]
12: S breaker:,[23],[49],[91],[89]
14: [23],[49],[91],[93]
16: ,[23],[49],[91],[17]
18: [23],[49],[91],[27]
20: [23],[49],[91],[72]
22: ,[23],[49],[91],[33]
7/10/2011,Xin Mao,Ding You,Yi Wei,Bing Zi, Month breaker!!

0: ,[23],[49],[76],[63]
2: Hour breaker:,[23],[49],[76],[47]
4: ,[23],[49],[76],[86]
6: ,[23],[49],[76],[78]
8: ,[23],[49],[76],[19]
10: S breaker:,[23],[49],[76],[37]
12: ,[23],[49],[76],[21]
14: ,[23],[49],[76],[48]
16: ,[23],[49],[76],[39]
18: ,[23],[49],[76],[94]
20: ,[23],[49],[76],[61]
22: ,[23],[49],[76],[88]
8/10/2011,Xin Mao,Ding You,Bing Shen,Wu Zi, Month breaker!!

0: ,[23],[49],[84],[74]
2: ,[23],[49],[84],[92]
4: Hour breaker:,[23],[49],[84],[31]
6: ,[23],[49],[84],[23]
8: S breaker:,[23],[49],[84],[64]
10: ,[23],[49],[84],[46]
12: ,[23],[49],[84],[91]
14: ,[23],[49],[84],[76]
16: ,[23],[49],[84],[84]
18: ,[23],[49],[84],[49]
20: ,[23],[49],[84],[16]
22: ,[23],[49],[84],[22]
9/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Ding You,Geng Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[49],[29]
2: ,[23],[16],[49],[13]
4: ,[23],[16],[49],[97]
6: S breaker:Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[49],[87]
8: ,[23],[16],[49],[32]
10: ,[23],[16],[49],[73]
12: ,[23],[16],[49],[43]
14: ,[23],[16],[49],[67]
16: ,[23],[16],[49],[26]
18: ,[23],[16],[49],[38]
20: ,[23],[16],[49],[99]
22: ,[23],[16],[49],[77]
10/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Wu Xu,Ren Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[16],[81]
2: ,[23],[16],[16],[68]
4: S breaker:,[23],[16],[16],[79]
6: ,[23],[16],[16],[14]
8: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[16],[41]
10: ,[23],[16],[16],[28]
12: ,[23],[16],[16],[34]
14: ,[23],[16],[16],[12]
16: ,[23],[16],[16],[71]
18: ,[23],[16],[16],[83]
20: ,[23],[16],[16],[44]
22: ,[23],[16],[16],[66]
11/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Ji Hai,Jia Zi
0: [23],[16],[22],[11]
2: S breaker: [23],[16],[22],[36]
4: [23],[16],[22],[24]
6: [23],[16],[22],[69]
8: ,[23],[16],[22],[96]
10: Hour breaker: [23],[16],[22],[82]
12: [23],[16],[22],[89]
14: ,[23],[16],[22],[93]
16: [23],[16],[22],[17]
18: [23],[16],[22],[27]
20: [23],[16],[22],[72]
22: S breaker: [23],[16],[22],[33]
12/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Geng Zi,Bing Zi
0: S breaker: [23],[16],[29],[63]
2: ,[23],[16],[29],[47]
4: [23],[16],[29],[86]
6: [23],[16],[29],[78]
8: [23],[16],[29],[19]
10: [23],[16],[29],[37]
12: Hour breaker: [23],[16],[29],[21]
14: ,[23],[16],[29],[48]
16: [23],[16],[29],[39]
18: ,[23],[16],[29],[94]
20: S breaker: [23],[16],[29],[61]
22: [23],[16],[29],[88]
13/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Xin Chou,Wu Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[13],[74]
2: ,[23],[16],[13],[92]
4: ,[23],[16],[13],[31]
6: ,[23],[16],[13],[23]
8: ,[23],[16],[13],[64]
10: ,[23],[16],[13],[46]
12: ,[23],[16],[13],[91]
14: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[13],[76]
16: ,[23],[16],[13],[84]
18: S breaker:,[23],[16],[13],[49]
20: ,[23],[16],[13],[16]
22: ,[23],[16],[13],[22]
14/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Ren Yin,Geng Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[97],[29]
2: ,[23],[16],[97],[13]
4: ,[23],[16],[97],[97]
6: ,[23],[16],[97],[87]
8: ,[23],[16],[97],[32]
10: ,[23],[16],[97],[73]
12: ,[23],[16],[97],[43]
14: ,[23],[16],[97],[67]
16: S breaker:Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[97],[26]
18: ,[23],[16],[97],[38]
20: ,[23],[16],[97],[99]
22: ,[23],[16],[97],[77]
15/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Gui Mao,Ren Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[87],[81]
2: ,[23],[16],[87],[68]
4: ,[23],[16],[87],[79]
6: ,[23],[16],[87],[14]
8: ,[23],[16],[87],[41]
10: ,[23],[16],[87],[28]
12: ,[23],[16],[87],[34]
14: S breaker:,[23],[16],[87],[12]
16: ,[23],[16],[87],[71]
18: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[87],[83]
20: ,[23],[16],[87],[44]
22: ,[23],[16],[87],[66]
16/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Jia Chen,Jia Zi, Day Breaker!!
0: ,[23],[16],[32],[11]
2: ,[23],[16],[32],[36]
4: ,[23],[16],[32],[24]
6: ,[23],[16],[32],[69]
8: ,[23],[16],[32],[96]
10: ,[23],[16],[32],[82]
12: S breaker:,[23],[16],[32],[89]
14: ,[23],[16],[32],[93]
16: ,[23],[16],[32],[17]
18: ,[23],[16],[32],[27]
20: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[32],[72]
22: ,[23],[16],[32],[33]
17/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Yi Si,Bing Zi
0: [23],[16],[73],[63]
2: ,[23],[16],[73],[47]
4: [23],[16],[73],[86]
6: [23],[16],[73],[78]
8: [23],[16],[73],[19]
10: S breaker: [23],[16],[73],[37]
12: [23],[16],[73],[21]
14: ,[23],[16],[73],[48]
16: [23],[16],[73],[39]
18: ,[23],[16],[73],[94]
20: [23],[16],[73],[61]
22: Hour breaker: [23],[16],[73],[88]
18/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Bing Wu,Wu Zi
0: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[43],[74]
2: ,[23],[16],[43],[92]
4: ,[23],[16],[43],[31]
6: ,[23],[16],[43],[23]
8: S breaker:,[23],[16],[43],[64]
10: ,[23],[16],[43],[46]
12: ,[23],[16],[43],[91]
14: ,[23],[16],[43],[76]
16: ,[23],[16],[43],[84]
18: ,[23],[16],[43],[49]
20: ,[23],[16],[43],[16]
22: ,[23],[16],[43],[22]
19/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Ding Wei,Geng Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[67],[29]
2: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[67],[13]
4: ,[23],[16],[67],[97]
6: S breaker:,[23],[16],[67],[87]
8: ,[23],[16],[67],[32]
10: ,[23],[16],[67],[73]
12: ,[23],[16],[67],[43]
14: ,[23],[16],[67],[67]
16: ,[23],[16],[67],[26]
18: ,[23],[16],[67],[38]
20: ,[23],[16],[67],[99]
22: ,[23],[16],[67],[77]
20/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Wu Shen,Ren Zi
0: [23],[16],[26],[81]
2: [23],[16],[26],[68]
4: S breaker:Hour breaker: [23],[16],[26],[79]
6: [23],[16],[26],[14]
8: ,[23],[16],[26],[41]
10: [23],[16],[26],[28]
12: [23],[16],[26],[34]
14: [23],[16],[26],[12]
16: [23],[16],[26],[71]
18: [23],[16],[26],[83]
20: ,[23],[16],[26],[44]
22: [23],[16],[26],[66]
21/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Ji You,Jia Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[38],[11]
2: S breaker:,[23],[16],[38],[36]
4: ,[23],[16],[38],[24]
6: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[38],[69]
8: ,[23],[16],[38],[96]
10: ,[23],[16],[38],[82]
12: ,[23],[16],[38],[89]
14: ,[23],[16],[38],[93]
16: ,[23],[16],[38],[17]
18: ,[23],[16],[38],[27]
20: ,[23],[16],[38],[72]
22: S breaker:,[23],[16],[38],[33]
22/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Geng Xu,Bing Zi
0: S breaker:,[23],[16],[99],[63]
2: ,[23],[16],[99],[47]
4: ,[23],[16],[99],[86]
6: ,[23],[16],[99],[78]
8: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[99],[19]
10: ,[23],[16],[99],[37]
12: ,[23],[16],[99],[21]
14: ,[23],[16],[99],[48]
16: ,[23],[16],[99],[39]
18: ,[23],[16],[99],[94]
20: S breaker:,[23],[16],[99],[61]
22: ,[23],[16],[99],[88]
23/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Xin Hai,Wu Zi
0: [23],[16],[77],[74]
2: ,[23],[16],[77],[92]
4: [23],[16],[77],[31]
6: [23],[16],[77],[23]
8: [23],[16],[77],[64]
10: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[77],[46]
12: ,[23],[16],[77],[91]
14: [23],[16],[77],[76]
16: [23],[16],[77],[84]
18: S breaker:,[23],[16],[77],[49]
20: [23],[16],[77],[16]
22: [23],[16],[77],[22]
24/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Ren Zi,Geng Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[81],[29]
2: ,[23],[16],[81],[13]
4: ,[23],[16],[81],[97]
6: ,[23],[16],[81],[87]
8: ,[23],[16],[81],[32]
10: ,[23],[16],[81],[73]
12: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[81],[43]
14: ,[23],[16],[81],[67]
16: S breaker:,[23],[16],[81],[26]
18: ,[23],[16],[81],[38]
20: ,[23],[16],[81],[99]
22: ,[23],[16],[81],[77]
25/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Gui Chou,Ren Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[68],[81]
2: ,[23],[16],[68],[68]
4: ,[23],[16],[68],[79]
6: ,[23],[16],[68],[14]
8: ,[23],[16],[68],[41]
10: ,[23],[16],[68],[28]
12: ,[23],[16],[68],[34]
14: S breaker:Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[68],[12]
16: ,[23],[16],[68],[71]
18: ,[23],[16],[68],[83]
20: ,[23],[16],[68],[44]
22: ,[23],[16],[68],[66]
26/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Jia Yin,Jia Zi
0: [23],[16],[79],[11]
2: [23],[16],[79],[36]
4: [23],[16],[79],[24]
6: [23],[16],[79],[69]
8: ,[23],[16],[79],[96]
10: [23],[16],[79],[82]
12: S breaker: [23],[16],[79],[89]
14: ,[23],[16],[79],[93]
16: Hour breaker: [23],[16],[79],[17]
18: [23],[16],[79],[27]
20: [23],[16],[79],[72]
22: [23],[16],[79],[33]
27/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Yi Mao,Bing Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[14],[63]
2: ,[23],[16],[14],[47]
4: ,[23],[16],[14],[86]
6: ,[23],[16],[14],[78]
8: ,[23],[16],[14],[19]
10: S breaker:,[23],[16],[14],[37]
12: ,[23],[16],[14],[21]
14: ,[23],[16],[14],[48]
16: ,[23],[16],[14],[39]
18: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[14],[94]
20: ,[23],[16],[14],[61]
22: ,[23],[16],[14],[88]
28/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Bing Chen,Wu Zi, Day Breaker!!
0: ,[23],[16],[41],[74]
2: ,[23],[16],[41],[92]
4: ,[23],[16],[41],[31]
6: ,[23],[16],[41],[23]
8: S breaker:,[23],[16],[41],[64]
10: ,[23],[16],[41],[46]
12: ,[23],[16],[41],[91]
14: ,[23],[16],[41],[76]
16: ,[23],[16],[41],[84]
18: ,[23],[16],[41],[49]
20: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[41],[16]
22: ,[23],[16],[41],[22]
29/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Ding Si,Geng Zi
0: [23],[16],[28],[29]
2: [23],[16],[28],[13]
4: ,[23],[16],[28],[97]
6: S breaker: [23],[16],[28],[87]
8: [23],[16],[28],[32]
10: [23],[16],[28],[73]
12: ,[23],[16],[28],[43]
14: [23],[16],[28],[67]
16: [23],[16],[28],[26]
18: [23],[16],[28],[38]
20: ,[23],[16],[28],[99]
22: Hour breaker: [23],[16],[28],[77]
30/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Wu Wu,Ren Zi
0: Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[34],[81]
2: ,[23],[16],[34],[68]
4: S breaker:,[23],[16],[34],[79]
6: ,[23],[16],[34],[14]
8: ,[23],[16],[34],[41]
10: ,[23],[16],[34],[28]
12: ,[23],[16],[34],[34]
14: ,[23],[16],[34],[12]
16: ,[23],[16],[34],[71]
18: ,[23],[16],[34],[83]
20: ,[23],[16],[34],[44]
22: ,[23],[16],[34],[66]
31/10/2011,Xin Mao,Wu Xu,Ji Wei,Jia Zi
0: ,[23],[16],[12],[11]
2: S breaker:Hour breaker:,[23],[16],[12],[36]
4: ,[23],[16],[12],[24]
6: ,[23],[16],[12],[69]
8: ,[23],[16],[12],[96]
10: ,[23],[16],[12],[82]
12: ,[23],[16],[12],[89]
14: ,[23],[16],[12],[93]
16: ,[23],[16],[12],[17]
18: ,[23],[16],[12],[27]
20: ,[23],[16],[12],[72]
22: S breaker:,[23],[16],[12],[33]

The Utility of Date Selection in Geomancy

Date section is a major branch of applied Chinese Metaphysical Arts. However it is not exclusive to the Chinese. The Indians have their own date selection techniques based on the position of celestial bodies. Their calendar that is used for date selection is known as the vedic Panchangam. Interestingly this calendar is based on the 60 cycle that is oddly coincidental to the Chinese Ganzhi system.

Chinese date selection is an giant field of study with many competing systems and variations over time. The more popular date selection systems are listed below.

• Chinese Almanac (Tong Shu)
• Dong Gong date selection
• Eight Pillar (Bazi)
• Qi Men Dun Jia date selection
• Xuan Kong Da Gua date selection

While date selection may be deemed a complete tool itself for important activities, it brings up some questions regarding its role with geomancy.

1. Does it complement geomancy?
2. Can it operate independently of geomancy?
3. Does certain branch of geomancy require complementary date selection for activation?
4. How does date selection measure up against geomancy?

One observation of date selection is the tedious calculations that is required to plot various charts and tables before the selection rules are applied. Therefore most date selection specialists must at certain point of their study, be familiar with the mechanics of time, namely the equations of time.

A blog is hardly a place to delve into the depths of mechanics of equations of time, so we will try to avoid as much technical mathematical treatment of time and focus on the applications on date selections. To illustrate the point above, let us pick a date selection example and observe the applied mathematical computations involved.


In Xuan Kong Da Gua selection, the basic point is to match a Ganzhi date with the 64 hexagram of the Yi Jing and singularity is deemed auspicious. Let us illustrate this point with an example.

A Ganzhi instance in time is represented by stems and branches,

Gui Ren Ji Xin
Mao Wu Hai Mao

Mapping the stems and branches to the 64 hexagram of the Yi Jing and reducing them to the numerals, we have the following

8 2 2 2
7 1 2 3

We observe the upper numerals add up to 10. This is the Combination of 10 structure that is rather auspicious. A subject's birth year could be decomposed to a set of numerals to see whether there is any auspicious pattern for the point in time. In addition, a house facing or sitting direction could be mapped to a hexagram on a San Yuan Luo Pan and the same procedure is repeated again. The Georgian date that was used in this example is 23th November 2011, 6:00AM GMT+8 without using the solar time. The tedious factor is increased many folds when one has to pick an hour from months. Each day has 24 hours and there are 30/31 days (excluding February) in a month. This will give the reader a hint why Date Selection specialists are rare.

In this example, I have taken the liberty of mapping a Georgian date to the Chinese Ganzhi date system. Briefly this involves a series of calculations used to determine the pillars of a date. The explanations for the various steps will put most people to sleep.

Therefore we know date selection is a tedious task, the repercussions of selecting a date that is unfortunately bundled with a tragedy event makes date selection a difficult task. Suppose a customer used the 'auspicious' date and could not achieve the desired goal, questions will inevitably point to the utility of the date and the person who proposed it. The activity is usually a short time frame and any mishap will be instantly observed if not experienced.

Furthermore, the abundance of various date selection systems give rise to another question, will one date contradict another?

Stay tuned as we delve further into applied date selection's utility on Geomancy.