What is the Day Pillar in BaZi (Four Pillars)?
Learn about the Day Pillar in BaZi: how to determine it, the role of the Day Stem and Day Branch, and its significance in destiny analysis.
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Can the Day Branch predict marriage?
Yes. The Day Branch is considered the spouse palace, representing the position of the spouse in the chart. Its element, hidden stems, and its interactions (clashes, combinations) with other pillars reveal the partner's personality, compatibility, and marital ups and downs. However, a comprehensive conclusion requires considering many other factors.
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Looking Up Dịch Mã by Tam Hợp: The 12-Branch Table for Finding the Dịch Mã Branch, and Why Mã Always Falls on Dần, Thân, Tỵ, Hợi
Dịch Mã lookup by Tam Hợp: a 12-branch table, why Mã always falls on Dần Thân Tỵ Hợi, and the schools that root it on the year or day branch.
Văn Xương Quý Nhân in Bát Tự by Day Stem: Table of Ten Stems to Branches, and How It Differs from Lưu Niên Văn Tinh and Học Đường
Văn Xương Quý Nhân is found by day stem to yield one branch, but its weight depends on thap than and position, not a promise of exam success.
How to Read Auspicious Hours (Giờ Hoàng Đạo) in a Day
A guide to the 12 two-hour blocks of a traditional Vietnamese day, how the 6 auspicious and 6 inauspicious hours are determined, and notes on timing.
What Are Shen Sha in BaZi: How to Look Up Tian Yi Gui Ren, Wen Chang, Yi Ma, Tao Hua, Hua Gai, Yang Ren, Kong Wang, and How Much They Matter Compared to the Ten Gods and Useful God
Shen Sha in BaZi are auxiliary stars read from the day stem, year stem, year branch or day branch. They weigh less than the Ten Gods and the Useful God.
Where Ba Tu Reads Marriage From: Spouse Star, Spouse Palace at the Day Branch, and Its Combination and Clash Relations with Major and Annual Luck
Ba Tu reads marriage through the spouse star and the spouse palace at the day branch, plus how that branch combines or clashes with major and annual luck.
Đào Hoa (Hàm Trì) in Bát Tự: How to Find It by the Year or Day Branch Triad, and Đào Hoa Inside and Outside the Wall
Đào Hoa, or Hàm Trì, is found by the year or day branch triad and always falls on Tý Ngọ Mão Dậu. See inside and outside the wall.
Is the full-month ceremony counted by lunar or solar date, and what is the custom of one day earlier for boys and two for girls?
The full-month ceremony falls one lunar month after birth; by custom boys hold it one day earlier, girls two. How to count it, an example, and offerings.
Duong Nhan in Bát Tự: How to Look It Up by Day Master, Its Relation to Loc, Phi Nhận, and the Points Schools Disagree On
Duong Nhan is the branch one position before Loc of a yang stem, the same as Đế Vượng. See how to look it up by day master and where schools disagree.
Offering for the Full Moon of the First Lunar Month on the 14th or 15th, and at What Hour? A Complete Understanding and Practice
The First Lunar Month full moon runs from the 14th night to the end of the 15th; families may offer on the 14th evening or 15th morning, sincerely.
How Are Thiên Quan and Thiên Phúc Placed by the Year Stem, and What Does 'Quý Nhân' Actually Mean Here?
Thiên Quan and Thiên Phúc are Earth auxiliary stars placed by the birth year's heavenly stem, not the branch or hour, with tables and points of disagreement.
What Is the Twenty-Eight Mansions Day Ruling Star and Why Does Each Day Have One?
Nhị thập bát tú trực nhật assigns 28 stars to rule days in a cycle, tied to diễn cầm and date selection. This article analyses its origins and calculation.
Hidden Movement and Day Break in Zeng Shan Bu Yi: How Is a Static Line Struck by the Day Read?
Ám động is a strong static line clashed by the day; nhật phá is a weak one. How Tăng San Bốc Dịch tells the two apart when reading a hexagram.
From the 1st to the 7th day of Tet, what does each day mean in Vietnam? Customs and significance
Vietnamese Tet customs from day 1 to 7: first-footing, New Year greetings, votive paper burning and khai hạ, with their meanings and regional differences.
What Is Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny)? Reading Fate Through Eight Characters
Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny) explained: the Year, Month, Day and Hour pillars, each with a Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch.
What is Kiến Lộc?
Kiến Lộc is a BaZi configuration where the Day Master meets its own Lu in the month branch, indicating a strong self and self-reliance.
What is Nguyệt Lệnh?
Nguyệt Lệnh (月令) is the Month Pillar's Stem and Branch in BaZi, the seasonal qi of the birth month that shapes the Day Master's strength.
What is Bát Tự?
BaZi, or Four Pillars, is a traditional destiny analysis system built on the birth year, month, day, and hour, each with a Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch.
How Did Wang Chong Criticize Day Selection Arts in the Lunheng?
Wang Chong of the Eastern Han refuted day taboos, Tai Sui avoidance and fear of spirit harm in the Lunheng chapters Jiri, Biansui and Nansui, with quotes.
Building the Four Pillars of BaZi from birth date and time: the year pillar changes at Lập Xuân, the month pillar changes at the solar term, the day pillar follows the 60-cycle, and the hour stem is derived from the day stem
BaZi's Four Pillars from birth date and time: the year pillar turns at Lập Xuân, the month at solar terms, the day runs the 60-cycle.
Born Before or After Tết: Which Age Counts? The Difference Between the Tử Vi Lunar Year and the Bát Tự Lập Xuân Marker
Tử Vi dates the birth year from the first day of Tết, Bát Tự from the Lập Xuân solar term. How each fixes age and why some births shift stem-branch year.
How Liu Yao Predicts Timing: Static Lines Await the Day of Rule or Clash, Moving Lines Await the Day of Combination or Rule, Excessive Vigor Awaits the Tomb or Clash, Void in the Cycle Awaits Leaving the Cycle or a Clash, and Month Breach Awaits the Next Month or a Combination
Liu Yao timing rules from Zeng Shan Buo Yi chapter 26D: how static lines, moving lines, excessive vigor and void in the cycle each find their day.
What is Cau Tran in Liu Yao? How to place it by day stem and judge according to Zeng Shan Bu Yi
Câu Trần, one of the six lục thú of Lục Hào: how it is placed by the day stem, the lookup table, and what Tăng san bốc dịch says of it.
Casting a Mai Hoa hexagram from the lunar year, month, day, and hour: formulas, a full worked example, and the points where books still differ
Mai Hoa Dịch Số casts a hexagram from the lunar year, month, day, and hour: divide by 8 for the trigrams and by 6 for the moving line.
Where do auspicious and inauspicious day stars like Thiên Đức and Nguyệt Đức come from? The origin in the Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư
Origins of Thiên Đức, Nguyệt Đức and Thiên Cương in day-selection calendars, traced through the Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư.
Thiên Ất Quý Nhân in Bát Tự: How to Look It Up by Day Stem, the Verse 'Giáp Mậu Canh ngưu dương', and Where Schools Disagree
Thiên Ất Quý Nhân in Bát Tự is looked up by day stem or year stem, with two noble branches per stem, no Thìn or Tuất, and schools split on the stem Canh.
Why the Same Hexagram Cast This Month Differs Next Month: Month Leader, Day Spirit, and the Three States of Void in the Decade, Month Breaker, and Hidden Movement in Liu Yao
Month leader and day spirit set each line's strength in a Liu Yao hexagram, covering void in the decade, month breaker, and hidden movement.
Prayers for the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month: What the Three Texts Cover, Ritual Order, and What to Know
Rằm tháng 7 prayers include three texts for deities, ancestors, and wandering souls, with ritual order, offerings, and how to recite them.
Born in a leap month or the hour of Tý: which month and day should a Tử Vi chart be cast by?
Born in a leap month or in the hour of Tý: which month and day does a Tử Vi chart use? What each book says, and the convention Nhật Nguyệt follows.
Sinh Village Wrestling Festival (Lại Ân Village) in Hue: the 10th day of the first lunar month, wrestling rules, and a history of more than 400 years
Sinh Village wrestling festival in Lại Ân Village, Hue, falls on the 10th day of the first lunar month and follows the muddy back, white belly rule.
Cao Đài Founding Day and the Hạ Ngươn Festival on the Full Moon of the Tenth Lunar Month: How Does the Cao Đài Holy See in Tây Ninh Organize Them?
Cao Đài Founding Day marks the 1926 Hoang khai Dai dao Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ, held around the tenth lunar month full moon at Tây Ninh Holy See.
Trùng Cửu Festival (Trùng Dương) on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month: origins, the custom of climbing high, chrysanthemums, longevity wishes, and traces in Vietnam during the Tran dynasty
Trùng Cửu Festival on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month features chrysanthemums, the custom of climbing high, and longevity wishes.
What Is Hidden Stems (Tang Can), Which Stems Each Earthly Branch Contains, and Why Is a Branch Character Usually Heavier Than a Stem Character?
Hidden stems are the heavenly stems concealed inside each earthly branch, layered as main qi, middle qi and residual qi.
Tuần không in Lục Hào: how to find the two void branches and what it means when a line falls into it, according to Tăng san bốc dịch
Tuần không in Lục Hào: the two branches missing from a ten-day cycle, how to find them for the six Giáp cycles, and what Tăng san bốc dịch says.
Earthly Branch combinations, clashes, punishments, and harms in a Ba Tu chart: reading by palace position and interaction with Dai Van and Luu Nien
How the four Earthly Branches in a Ba Tu chart combine, clash, punish, or harm one another, read by palace position and links to Dai Van and Luu Nien.
What Is the Six Clashes of Earthly Branches? The Six Pairs and the 'Clash Opens the Storehouse' of Thìn Tuất Sửu Mùi
The six clashes of the twelve earthly branches, from Tý Ngọ to Tỵ Hợi, and how Tăng san bốc dịch reads clash as dispersal or as opening a storehouse.
What Are the 12 Zodiac Animals? Meaning and How to Calculate Age by Earthly Branches
The 12 Vietnamese zodiac animals and their Earthly Branches, what each animal means, how to calculate age, and the folk relationships.
How Are Thiên Khốc and Thiên Hư Placed by Year Branch, What Do They Mean, and When Do Texts Call Them Auspicious?
Thiên Khốc counts backward and Thiên Hư counts forward from the Ngọ palace in a Tý year, so the two stars stay symmetric across the Tý Ngọ axis.
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Auspicious hours across the sixty-day stem-branch cycle
The twelve double-hours of each day across the sixty-day stem-branch cycle, marking which are auspicious. Sixty times twelve is seven hundred and twenty rows, one full cycle.
Vietnamese lunisolar calendar, 1900 to 2100
Every solar day from 1900 to 2100 with its lunar date, leap month flag, day and year stem-branch, the solar term in force and the day officer.
Folk inauspicious days mapped onto solar dates, 2026 to 2035
Every solar day across ten years, showing whether it falls on Tam Nuong, Nguyet Ky, Sat Chu or Tho Tu, with the lunar date and stem-branch for checking.
The twelve earthly branches
The twelve earthly branches with their zodiac animal, five-element attribution and two-hour window.
Sexagenary cycle table (60 Hoa Giap)
All 60 stem-branch pairs with their Na Yin five-element attribution and the lunar years they cover between 1924 and 2043.