The day pillar for Wednesday, 4 August 2027

Day pillar	乙卯 (yi mao)
Heavenly stem	乙 (yi)
Earthly branch	卯 (mao)
Day element	Wood 木 (mu)
Polarity	Yin
Month pillar	丁未 (ding wei), governed by 小暑 (xiaoshu)

Today's day pillar is 乙卯 (yi mao), a yin Wood day in the sixty-day cycle. The month pillar is 丁未 (ding wei), governed by the term 小暑 (xiaoshu).

卯 (mao), the fourth earthly branch

卯 is the rabbit branch, mid spring and the early morning, the plainest Wood in the twelve.

卯 is Wood, yin by position, rabbit by animal. Its hours are 05:00 to 07:00 and its month begins at 惊蛰 (jingzhe) in early March, holding the spring equinox in its middle.

Only one stem hides in it, 乙 (yi, yin Wood). Branches with a single hidden stem are the uncomplicated ones: what you see on the outside is what is underneath. 卯, 子 (zi) and 酉 (you) are the three that work this way.

A 卯 day is a rabbit day. It combines with the five yin stems to give 乙卯, 丁卯 (ding mao), 己卯, 辛卯 and 癸卯.