The day pillar for Saturday, 16 January 2027
| Day pillar | 乙未 (yi wei) |
|---|---|
| Heavenly stem | 乙 (yi) |
| Earthly branch | 未 (wei) |
| Day element | Wood 木 (mu) |
| Polarity | Yin |
| Month pillar | 辛丑 (xin chou), governed by 小寒 (xiaohan) |
Today's day pillar is 乙未 (yi wei), a yin Wood day in the sixty-day cycle. The month pillar is 辛丑 (xin chou), governed by the term 小寒 (xiaohan).
未 (wei), the eighth earthly branch
未 is the goat branch, dry summer earth in the early afternoon, the season already beginning to bank its heat.
未 is Earth, yin by position, goat by animal. Its hours are 13:00 to 15:00 and its month starts at 小暑 (xiaoshu) in early July, the last month of summer.
It is the summer seam among the four earth branches, and its hidden stems say so: 己 (ji, yin Earth), 丁 (ding, yin Fire) and 乙 (yi, yin Wood). Fire stored in dry ground is the standard reading, in contrast with the wet earth of 辰 (chen).
未 pairs with the five yin stems to make 乙未, 丁未, 己未, 辛未 (xin wei) and 癸未. Any of them can turn up as a day pillar on this page.