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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:

Heavenly Stem
of
Day Pillar
 versus
Time of Birth
(时辰)		H1H2H3H4H5H6H7H8H9H10Earthly Branch
of
Hour Pillar
11pm-1amH1H3H5H7H9H1H3H5H7H9E1
1am-3amH2H4H6H8H10H2H4H6H8H10E2
3am-5amH3H5H7H9H1H3H5H7H9H1E3
5am-7amH4H6H8H10H2H4H6H8H10H2E4
7am-9amH5H7H9H1H3H5H7H9H1H3E5
9am-11amH6H8H10H2H4H6H8H10H2H4E6
11am-1pmH7H9H1H3H5H7H9H1H3H5E7
1pm-3pmH8H10H2H4H6H8H10H2H4H6E8
3pm-5pmH9H1H3H5H7H9H1H3H5H7E9
5pm-7pmH10H2H4H6H8H10H2H4H6H8E10
7pm-9pmH1H3H5H7H9H1H3H5H7H9E11
9pm-11pmH2H4H6H8H10H2H4H6H8H10E12
  • 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
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