Ba Zi/Hour Pillar

Hour Pillar
The Hour Pillar is used in the construction of the Four Pillars of Ba Zi (四柱八字), a method of Chinese Divination based on a person's date and time of birth:


 * The Heavenly Stem of the Hour Pillar is obtained from the intersection of the column (Heavenly Stem of Day Pillar) and the row (Time of Birth). For example, for a person born between 5pm-7pm, with a Heavenly Stem of the Day Pillar of H3, the Heavenly Stem of the Hour Pillar will be H4.


 * The Earthly Branch of the Hour Pillar is obtained from the last column (Earthly Branch of Hour Pillar) of the above chart. For example, if the Heavenly Stem of Day Pillar is H3 and the time of birth is 6.23pm, then the Hour Pillar is H4, E10.

Hour Pillar Listed For Every Day Heavenly Stem (HS)

 * 1) Hour Pillar For Day HS1
 * 2) Hour Pillar For Day HS2
 * 3) Hour Pillar For Day HS3
 * 4) Hour Pillar For Day HS4
 * 5) Hour Pillar For Day HS5
 * 6) Hour Pillar For Day HS6
 * 7) Hour Pillar For Day HS7
 * 8) Hour Pillar For Day HS8
 * 9) Hour Pillar For Day HS9
 * 10) Hour Pillar For Day HS10