The day pillar for Thursday, 18 February 2027
| Day pillar | 戊辰 (wu chen) |
|---|---|
| Heavenly stem | 戊 (wu) |
| Earthly branch | 辰 (chen) |
| Day element | Earth 土 (tu) |
| Polarity | Yang |
| Solar term | 雨水 (yushui) |
| Month pillar | 壬寅 (ren yin), governed by 立春 (lichun) |
Today's day pillar is 戊辰 (wu chen), a yang Earth day in the sixty-day cycle. Today is also the solar term 雨水 (yushui), one of the twenty-four stations of the solar year. The month pillar is 壬寅 (ren yin), governed by the term 立春 (lichun).
雨水 (yushui), rain water
雨水 is the term where winter's precipitation is expected to fall as rain instead of snow, around the nineteenth of February.
It is the second solar term and a medial one, 中氣 (zhong qi), meaning it falls inside a month pillar rather than starting one. It sits in the middle of the 寅 (yin) month that 立春 (lichun) opened.
The twenty-four terms alternate strictly, sectional then medial, all the way around the year. Only the twelve sectional ones move the month pillar, so a medial term like 雨水 is a marker of where you are inside a month rather than a change of pillar.
When the page names 雨水 as the governing term, the month pillar has not moved since 立春 and will not move until 惊蛰 (jingzhe).