Bing Shen 丙申 Day Pillar
Bing Shen 丙申 is number 33 of the sixty. The Day Master is Bing 丙, yang Fire; the branch Shen 申 is Metal, zodiac Monkey. Na Yin is Fire at the Foot of the Mountain.
At a glance
| Position in the cycle | 33 / 60 |
|---|---|
| Day Master (stem) | 丙 |
| Day branch | 申 |
| Day Master element | yangFire |
| Branch element | Metal |
| Zodiac | Monkey |
| Na Yin | Fire at the Foot of the Mountain |
| Hidden stems | Geng 庚, Ren 壬, Wu 戊 |
| Void branches | Chen 辰, Si 巳 |
Hidden stems and their Ten Gods
A branch is more than its surface element. Shen 申 hides Geng 庚, Ren 壬, Wu 戊; read against the Day Master Bing 丙 they give the Ten God relations below. Hidden stems are what element strength is actually judged on — counting only the four visible stems badly understates what the branches carry.
| Hidden stems | Day Master element | Ten God |
|---|---|---|
| Geng 庚 | Metal | Indirect Wealth |
| Ren 壬 | Water | Seven Killings |
| Wu 戊 | Earth | Eating God |
Next Bing Shen 丙申 days
Day pillars run on a fixed 60-day cycle independent of month and year. The dates below are derived straight from the day count, so no calendar reform affects them.
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Where Bing Shen 丙申 sits in a chart
The day pillar is the only one read from itself — every Ten God in the year, month and hour pillars is defined relative to the Day Master Bing 丙. Two people born in the same year and month with different day stems therefore have completely different charts. In Bing Shen 丙申 the Day Master Bing 丙 is yang Fire and sits on Shen 申, which is Metal; the relation between them is Day Master controls the branch. This seat is classically read as the Day Master's immediate environment.
Related pillars
The other five pillars sharing the Day Master Bing 丙, and the other four sharing the branch Shen 申:
Same Day Master (Bing 丙)
Same branch (Shen 申)
Sources
- lunar-javascript (6tail, MIT) — solar-term instants, 干支 pillars, 大運/流年, 胎元/命宮/身宮 and the almanac tables.
- Hong Kong Observatory, Date and Time of the 24 Solar Terms — the reference used to check solar-term instants.
- Xieji Bianfang Shu and Sanming Tonghui — classical sources for the Wuhu Dun and Wushu Dun stem rules, hidden stems and the Ten Gods.
Algorithms last checked: 2026-07 · Method and accuracy