The day pillar for Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Day pillar	丁卯 (ding mao)
Heavenly stem	丁 (ding)
Earthly branch	卯 (mao)
Day element	Fire 火 (huo)
Polarity	Yin
Month pillar	戊戌 (wu xu), governed by 寒露 (hanlu)

Today's day pillar is 丁卯 (ding mao), a yin Fire day in the sixty-day cycle. The month pillar is 戊戌 (wu xu), governed by the term 寒露 (hanlu).

卯 (mao), the fourth earthly branch

卯 is the rabbit branch, mid spring and the early morning, the plainest Wood in the twelve.

卯 is Wood, yin by position, rabbit by animal. Its hours are 05:00 to 07:00 and its month begins at 惊蛰 (jingzhe) in early March, holding the spring equinox in its middle.

Only one stem hides in it, 乙 (yi, yin Wood). Branches with a single hidden stem are the uncomplicated ones: what you see on the outside is what is underneath. 卯, 子 (zi) and 酉 (you) are the three that work this way.

A 卯 day is a rabbit day. It combines with the five yin stems to give 乙卯, 丁卯 (ding mao), 己卯, 辛卯 and 癸卯.