Civil hour reference · 1970-07-16 · 01:00–03:00
July 16, 1970 · 01:00–03:00 (Chou hour · Ox)
The Chou hour · Ox double-hour (01:00–03:00) completes Thursday, July 16, 1970 with a fourth, hour pillar: 庚戌 · 癸未 · 丁酉 · 辛丑.
Answer first: the reference four pillars for 1970-07-16, 01:00–03:00, are year 庚戌, month 癸未, day 丁酉, hour 辛丑. The hour stem is derived from the day stem by the standard five-rat rule. This is a deterministic calendar record, not a personal reading.
Deterministic record
1970-07-16 · 01:00–03:00 at a glance
| Gregorian date | Thursday, July 16, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Double-hour | Chou hour · Ox · 01:00–03:00 civil clock · branch 丑 |
| Year pillar | 庚戌 · Yang Metal Dog · Yang Metal over Earth |
| Month pillar | 癸未 · Yin Water Goat · Yin Water over Earth |
| Day pillar | 丁酉 · Yin Fire Rooster · Yin Fire over Metal |
| Hour pillar | 辛丑 · Yin Metal Ox · Yin Metal over Earth |
| Hour Na Yin | 壁上土 · hidden stems 己 · 癸 · 辛 |
| Zi-hour convention | Early Zi: the 23:00–01:00 double-hour is anchored to this civil date at 00:00. The late-Zi school (23:00–24:00 → next day) is a documented boundary below. |
Four coordinates, four jobs
What the four reference pillars contain
Each stem-branch pair is a deterministic calendar coordinate. The hour pair inherits its branch from the double-hour and its stem from the day stem, so it stays consistent with every other hour page of this date.
Yang Metal Dog · Geng Xu
The visible stem is Geng · Yang Metal; the branch is Xu · Dog · Earth. Its Na Yin is 钗钏金, and the branch contains hidden stems 戊 · 辛 · 丁. Open the full Jiazi record →
Yin Water Goat · Gui Wei
The visible stem is Gui · Yin Water; the branch is Wei · Goat · Earth. Its Na Yin is 杨柳木, and the branch contains hidden stems 己 · 丁 · 乙. Open the full Jiazi record →
Yin Fire Rooster · Ding You
The visible stem is Ding · Yin Fire; the branch is You · Rooster · Metal. Its Na Yin is 山下火, and the branch contains hidden stem 辛. Open the full Jiazi record →
Yin Metal Ox · Xin Chou
The visible stem is Xin · Yin Metal; the branch is Chou · Ox · Earth. Its Na Yin is 壁上土, and the branch contains hidden stems 己 · 癸 · 辛. Open the full Jiazi record →
Calculation boundary
What this hour reference does not settle
This page uses a standard civil clock so double-hours can be compared consistently across dates. A real birth happened at a place and an instant, not inside a URL slug.
- True solar time: the reference assumes a standard-meridian civil clock. Birthplace longitude and the equation of time shift the effective hour, and can move the resolved pillar to a neighboring double-hour.
- Hour boundary: a clock time within the correction margin of an odd-hour boundary (01:00 or 03:00) is boundary-risk until resolved against place.
- Zi-hour school: the 23:00–01:00 slot follows the early-Zi convention. Late-Zi schools push 23:00–24:00 onto the next day pillar; neither this page nor the atlas settles that debate.
- Interpretation: one four-pillar record does not determine personality, career, relationships, wealth, health, or events. It is a coordinate, not a verdict.
All twelve double-hours of 1970-07-16
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Questions about 1970-07-16 01:00–03:00
What is the hour pillar for 01:00–03:00 on Thursday, July 16, 1970?
In this civil-clock reference, the 01:00–03:00 double-hour on 1970-07-16 carries the hour pillar 辛丑 (Yin Metal Ox), completing the four-pillar record 庚戌 · 癸未 · 丁酉 · 辛丑.
Why does the Zi hour list 23:00–01:00 as one range?
The Zi double-hour spans midnight in the classical two-segment form 23:00–01:00. This reference adopts the early-Zi convention: 00:00–01:00 belongs to the same civil date. Schools that use the late-Zi convention assign 23:00–24:00 to the next day pillar, which can change both the day and hour pillar; that difference is an open school boundary, not an error.
Is this my personal hour pillar?
Not necessarily. This page is a civil-clock reference at a standard meridian. A personal chart resolves your birthplace longitude, historical timezone, and true solar time, and any of those corrections can move the resolved hour pillar to a neighboring double-hour.
What happens near an hour boundary?
A clock time within the correction margin of an odd-hour boundary (01:00, 03:00, … 23:00) can resolve to the adjacent double-hour once longitude and equation-of-time corrections are applied. Use the calculator to see the resolved pillar and its boundary-risk flag.