The day pillar for Saturday, 10 April 2027
| Day pillar | 己未 (ji wei) |
|---|---|
| Heavenly stem | 己 (ji) |
| Earthly branch | 未 (wei) |
| Day element | Earth 土 (tu) |
| Polarity | Yin |
| Month pillar | 甲辰 (jia chen), governed by 清明 (qingming) |
Today's day pillar is 己未 (ji wei), a yin Earth day in the sixty-day cycle. The month pillar is 甲辰 (jia chen), governed by the term 清明 (qingming).
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.