Use your birth day as the reference
This date-only lookup changes the day at local civil midnight. If you use a 23:00 day-change convention, a birth between 23:00 and midnight can have a different Day Master.
The birth date appears in the page address. Clear it and use the worked example.
The worked example uses Jia, Yang Wood. Choose a birth date to change the comparison point.
Choose a day · read it here
Your Day Master calendar
The reference stays Yang Wood (worked example). Each date shows its own stem relationship—not a good-day or bad-day score.
Swipe across the calendar to see every day. Select a date for its reading.
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Selected day · stem relationship
10 May 2004 selected. Reading updated.
Monday
Chinese lunar date
Month 3 · day 22 · 2004
二〇〇四年三月廿二
Yang Wood (worked example) → Yin Earth Ox
Direct Wealth
Day Master controls the other element, different polarity.
Direct Wealth is the opposite-polarity member of the controlled-element pair. For Yang Wood it is Yin Earth. Changing the Day Master changes which stem receives the name.
Birth-year animal & element
Yang Wood MonkeyDay pillar
Yin Earth Ox己丑
The complete vocabulary
All ten names, with Yang Wood as the reference
Peers · Bǐ jiān · 比肩
Friend
The other stem is the same kind as the Day Master. The name compares equal positions; the Day Master itself is the reference rather than an additional companion in a chart.
Jiǎ 甲 · Yang Wood
Same element, same polarity.
Peers · Jié cái · 劫财
Rob Wealth
The second peer relationship has the same phase but the opposite polarity. It is distinguished from Friend by Yin and Yang, not by a different animal branch.
Yǐ 乙 · Yin Wood
Same element, different polarity.
Output · Shí shén · 食神
Eating God
Output follows the generating cycle outward from the Day Master. Eating God is the same-polarity form of that relationship; for Yang Wood, Yang Fire occupies this position.
Bǐng 丙 · Yang Fire
Day Master generates the other element, same polarity.
Output · Shāng guān · 伤官
Hurting Officer
This is the opposite-polarity output relationship. For Yang Wood, Yin Fire receives this name. The name identifies the place in the traditional stem system.
Dīng 丁 · Yin Fire
Day Master generates the other element, different polarity.
Wealth · Piān cái · 偏财
Indirect Wealth
Wealth names the element controlled by the Day Master. Its same-polarity form is Indirect Wealth: Yang Wood controls Yang Earth in this position.
Wù 戊 · Yang Earth
Day Master controls the other element, same polarity.
Wealth · Zhèng cái · 正财
Direct Wealth
Direct Wealth is the opposite-polarity member of the controlled-element pair. For Yang Wood it is Yin Earth. Changing the Day Master changes which stem receives the name.
Jǐ 己 · Yin Earth
Day Master controls the other element, different polarity.
Officer · Qī shā · 七杀
Seven Killings
Also called Indirect Officer, this is the same-polarity controlling relationship. Yang Metal controls Yang Wood, for example. “Seven Killings” is a traditional category name, not a prediction of violence.
Gēng 庚 · Yang Metal
The other element controls the Day Master, same polarity.
Officer · Zhèng guān · 正官
Direct Officer
Direct Officer is the opposite-polarity controlling relationship. With Yang Wood as the reference, Yin Metal occupies this position.
Xīn 辛 · Yin Metal
The other element controls the Day Master, different polarity.
Resource · Piān yìn · 偏印
Indirect Resource
Resource reads the generating cycle toward the Day Master rather than away from it. Yang Water generates Yang Wood; those matching polarities make it Indirect Resource.
Rén 壬 · Yang Water
The other element generates the Day Master, same polarity.
Resource · Zhèng yìn · 正印
Direct Resource
Direct Resource is the opposite-polarity incoming relationship. Yin Water generates Yang Wood. The same Water stem would receive another name when compared with a different Day Master.
Guǐ 癸 · Yin Water
The other element generates the Day Master, different polarity.
Three different uses of “god” in calendar reading
Ten Gods
These are relationships to a Day Master. A stem changes its Ten Gods name when the reference stem changes.
The twelve almanac day gods
These depend on the day branch and solar month branch. They supply Huang Dao and Hei Dao classifications.
Read the day-god cycle →Joy, Blessing and Wealth directions
These are compass-direction markers tied to the day’s stem, a separate use of the calendar.
Read the three directions →