Jia Wu 甲午 Day Pillar
Jia Wu 甲午 is number 31 of the sixty. The Day Master is Jia 甲, yang Wood; the branch Wu 午 is Fire, zodiac Horse. Na Yin is Metal in Sand and Stone.
At a glance
| Position in the cycle | 31 / 60 |
|---|---|
| Day Master (stem) | 甲 |
| Day branch | 午 |
| Day Master element | yangWood |
| Branch element | Fire |
| Zodiac | Horse |
| Na Yin | Metal in Sand and Stone |
| Hidden stems | Ding 丁, Ji 己 |
| Void branches | Chen 辰, Si 巳 |
Hidden stems and their Ten Gods
A branch is more than its surface element. Wu 午 hides Ding 丁, Ji 己; read against the Day Master Jia 甲 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ding 丁 | Fire | Hurting Officer |
| Ji 己 | Earth | Direct Wealth |
Next Jia Wu 甲午 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 Jia Wu 甲午 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 Jia 甲. Two people born in the same year and month with different day stems therefore have completely different charts. In Jia Wu 甲午 the Day Master Jia 甲 is yang Wood and sits on Wu 午, which is Fire; 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 Jia 甲, and the other four sharing the branch Wu 午:
Same Day Master (Jia 甲)
Same branch (Wu 午)
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