Qi Men Dun Jia calculator
Every hour opens some doors and closes others.
Qi Men Dun Jia maps them: nine palaces, eight gates, nine stars and their deities.
Set the place and the moment. The chart shows which door stands open now.
Without a city, the time is Beijing time (UTC+8).
Pillars
Hour | Day | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21:00–23:00 | |||
| 癸 | 癸 | 己 | 丙 |
| Water · Yin | Water · Yin | Earth · Yin | Fire · Yang |
| 亥 | 巳 | 亥 | 午 |
| Pig | Snake | Pig | Horse |
| Water · Yin | Fire · Yin | Water · Yin | Fire · Yang |
| 壬甲 | 丙戊 | 壬甲 | 丁己 |
| ☶ 6☷ 6 | ☱ 4☰ 6 | ☴ 2☷ 2 | ☱ 4☴ 3 |
Season: Start of Winter (立冬/Li Dong)
Hour: 癸亥 21:00–23:00
Instrument: 癸
Lead star (值符):
Lead gate (值使):
In the Chai Bu (拆补) method: Yin 3
Chart of the hour
SE巳S 午未SW辰E 卯寅申W 酉戌NE丑N 子亥NW
Yin 3Zhi Run (置闰)丙
- 值Lead star (值符)
- 使Lead gate (值使)
- Empty palace (空亡)
- ♞Traveling Horse
- ❀Peach Blossom (桃花)
- 甲Hidden 甲
- 丙Stem of the center
- Y5Star 5 of the year
- M5Star 5 of the month
Time zone rules before 1970 can be wrong for some places.
City data: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0