Bing Xu 丙戌 Day Pillar
Bing Xu 丙戌 is number 23 of the sixty. The Day Master is Bing 丙, yang Fire; the branch Xu 戌 is Earth, zodiac Dog. Na Yin is Earth on the Rooftop.
At a glance
| Position in the cycle | 23 / 60 |
|---|---|
| Day Master (stem) | 丙 |
| Day branch | 戌 |
| Day Master element | yangFire |
| Branch element | Earth |
| Zodiac | Dog |
| Na Yin | Earth on the Rooftop |
| Hidden stems | Wu 戊, Xin 辛, Ding 丁 |
| Void branches | Wu 午, Wei 未 |
Hidden stems and their Ten Gods
A branch is more than its surface element. Xu 戌 hides Wu 戊, Xin 辛, Ding 丁; 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wu 戊 | Earth | Eating God |
| Xin 辛 | Metal | Direct Wealth |
| Ding 丁 | Fire | Rob Wealth |
Next Bing Xu 丙戌 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 Xu 丙戌 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 Xu 丙戌 the Day Master Bing 丙 is yang Fire and sits on Xu 戌, which is Earth; the relation between them is Day Master produces 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 Xu 戌:
Same Day Master (Bing 丙)
Same branch (Xu 戌)
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