which calendar and time to use?

You can read more, here:-

http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=2&mid=23906&new=

For example, this is an extract from the above resource link:-

APPLYING LOCATION FACTOR INTO BA ZI

1. Frankly, all the various practitioners/master who use TIME ZONE or LOCATION factors, are modern changes avocated by modern practitioners. There is no such calculation when Ba Zi was invented in China.

2. The only method that is technically correct is to apply the LOCATION factor to the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Even this has two issues:-

a) Even 0.01 degree off either the latitude and/or longtitude, will make a major change to your ba zi chart. This 0.01 degree of error can make your chart even less accurate if it is incorrect. Which can be even less accurate than a chart that you leave the hour pillar as unknown.

b) Most people don't even have the time of birth, let a lone the exact place of birth. So why complicate the issue.

3. Using GMT time zone is a bad way to apply the location factor, because GMT timezone only affects the longtitude changes. Furthermore, GMT has been simplified so much so it is no longer as accurate as in the past.

4. Our stand on this issue is NOT to add these level of complication to the analysis. Meaning that you should just use your local time (regardless of what country), to analyse the ba zi.

This is because if you truly understand how the ba zi works, the HOUR pillar will not make a major impact in terms of the 10-yearly, 5-yearly, yearly and monthly luck pillars.

The hour pillar gives additional pillars available for combinations and clashes, so this can affect the final outcome of a person to be either weak or strong. A day without the hour will give the rough element strength of the day. Only a few hours may result in weak/strong element. Otherwise, not much change will occur. Your luck pillars will not be too badly influenced by the hour impact. Except for minor yearly and chart clash or harms that may occur. But these are minor as your general luck will not alter too much.

5. This is why we can still analyse a person luck fairly well even if you do not provide the hour pillar. Just check out some of the masters who had done case study of famous people, you will noticed that they do it just with the date of birth. They don't even apply any location factor.

Ba zi has designed to compensate from the lact of the hour pillar. So with or without the hour of birth, a person's chart can still be charted out. Just that with the hour pillar, your forecast will be more accurate.

6. This is why we find no need to apply location into the bazi. Just use your local time and it should be ok.

7. You must always remember that a ba zi is supposed to be a heavenly GIVEN chart of what kind of luck you are supposed to have assuming your environment remains constant. This means it does not consider education, your house (earth luck), people around you, your career etc.

However, in real life, how can you expect your environment to be the same all the time. Your luck is always being altered by your house luck, people around you, and your career.

Let me give you some example:-

a. Given a pair of twins with the exact date and time of birth. One has primary education and one has PHD. Which you think will have better life. Most likely the one with PHD.

b. Given a same pair of twins. One stays in US and one stays in IRAQ. Which will you think will have a better life. Again most likely US as it is more stable and peaceful, as compared to a war torn country such as IRAQ.

c. Given a two persons:-
?Person A has the 10-year luck favourable to him, but he stays in a house with entrapped feng shui and death suitability to the home.
?Person B has the 10-year luck unfavourable to him, but he says in a house with excellent feng shui and prosperity suitability to the home.

The Person B will have actually a much better luck then person A. Cos, a person's earth luck has been ADVERSED impacted which superceeds his ba zi luck.

8. So ba zi is NOT a tool which can forecast all past events with 100% accuracy. What it can do is give you a forecast of potential pitfalls allowing you to maximise your luck by avoiding the bad period. Many modern practitioners/masters, try to make you think that ba zi can give you an accurate assesment of your past and future events. How is this possible, if the concept is only supposed to provide you with a heavenly given luck?

9. So our advice to you is just to leave the hour unknown or unaltered as it is NOT necessary.

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On 1/22/2016 1:41:15 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi, I am born in China but now
living in Canada. For the Ba
Zi reading on this website, is
the date, day and time we are
using the old chinese calendar
and time or the north american
calendar and time? As well the
time of birth, how accurate
does it need to be? My parents
are unsure of the exact time
(minutes) but they think is
around 6 am. I have gotten my
Ba Zi reading in china a few
times, each one has different
saying and gave me a different
answer. How do I know which
one is the real one? I been
having extreme bad luck in
recent 3 years, divorce, then
lost all my money in
investment and business and
with my readings before my
luck was suppose to be better
in these three years. Please
help! My date of birth is
09/09/1984 using the old
chinese calendar. birth time
around 6 am.Thanks!