The day pillar for Saturday, 7 November 2026
| Day pillar | 乙酉 (yi you) |
|---|---|
| Heavenly stem | 乙 (yi) |
| Earthly branch | 酉 (you) |
| Day element | Wood 木 (mu) |
| Polarity | Yin |
| Solar term | 立冬 (lidong) |
| Month pillar | 己亥 (ji hai), governed by 立冬 (lidong) |
Today's day pillar is 乙酉 (yi you), a yin Wood day in the sixty-day cycle. Today is also the solar term 立冬 (lidong), one of the twenty-four stations of the solar year. The month pillar is 己亥 (ji hai), governed by the term 立冬 (lidong).
立冬 (lidong), winter begins
立冬 sets up winter around the seventh of November, the last of the four terms that open a season.
It completes the set with 立春 (lichun), 立夏 (lixia) and 立秋 (liqiu). Traditionally it is a point for storing food and for eating well, since the work of the harvest is finished and the cold is arriving.
立冬 is sectional and opens the 亥 (hai) month, the pig month. 亥 is yin Water, and the stems hidden inside it are 壬 (ren, yang Water) and 甲 (jia, yang Wood), which is winter already holding next spring's wood.
On the daily page it governs until 大雪 (daxue), when the month pillar moves into the rat month and the solstice.