The day pillar for Monday, 7 December 2026
| Day pillar | 乙卯 (yi mao) |
|---|---|
| Heavenly stem | 乙 (yi) |
| Earthly branch | 卯 (mao) |
| Day element | Wood 木 (mu) |
| Polarity | Yin |
| Solar term | 大雪 (daxue) |
| Month pillar | 庚子 (geng zi), governed by 大雪 (daxue) |
Today's day pillar is 乙卯 (yi mao), a yin Wood day in the sixty-day cycle. Today is also the solar term 大雪 (daxue), one of the twenty-four stations of the solar year. The month pillar is 庚子 (geng zi), governed by the term 大雪 (daxue).
大雪 (daxue), major snow
大雪 opens the deepest month of winter around the seventh of December, the one that carries the solstice inside it.
It is the greater half of the pair with 小雪 (xiaoxue), and by the old reckoning the point where snow becomes the season's normal weather rather than an event.
大雪 is sectional and starts the 子 (zi) month, the rat month. 子 is Water, midnight among the hours and midwinter among the months, and its only hidden stem is 癸 (gui), yin Water.
When the page names 大雪 as the governing term, the month pillar has just turned over and 冬至 (dongzhi) is about two weeks out.