Historical local time
The place determines the time zone and the daylight-saving rules in effect on that date.
FOUR PILLARS · TRUE SOLAR TIME
Your birth time,
decoded.
BaZi turns the year, month, day and hour of birth into four pillars. We calculate them with the historical time and place of birth, then explain what the pattern means in plain language.
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No account · Birth data is not public
YEAR甲子
MONTH丙寅
DAY戊辰
HOUR庚申
YOUR CHART
Three quiet steps to your reading
Enter the time shown on the birth record. We handle the historical time zone, daylight saving time and true solar time.
- 1Birth details
- 2Confirm chart
- 3Your reading
CALCULATION COMPLETE
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Calculating the solar time and Four Pillars…
WHY THE TIME AND PLACE MATTER
One chart.
One stated method.
True solar time
Longitude and the equation of time align the recorded clock time with the local sun.
Zi Ping as the main method
We use the month-command framework as primary, with strength, flow and seasonal climate as references.
LEARN BAZI
Understand what the chart is saying
No wall of unexplained symbols. Start with the ideas that give the Four Pillars their meaning.
What is BaZi?
An introduction to the eight characters and the four dimensions of birth they represent.
The Day Master
Why the day stem is the reference point for every relationship in the chart.
The Ten Gods
Not deities, but ten relationship roles describing resources, expression, wealth, authority and peers.
Luck Pillars
How ten-year phases change which parts of a natal chart become prominent.
The first full knowledge articles are being prepared for publication.