Civil hour reference · 1973-12-15 · 07:00–09:00
December 15, 1973 · 07:00–09:00 (Chen hour · Dragon)
The Chen hour · Dragon double-hour (07:00–09:00) completes Saturday, December 15, 1973 with a fourth, hour pillar: 癸丑 · 甲子 · 乙酉 · 庚辰.
Answer first: the reference four pillars for 1973-12-15, 07:00–09:00, are year 癸丑, month 甲子, day 乙酉, hour 庚辰. 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
1973-12-15 · 07:00–09:00 at a glance
| Gregorian date | Saturday, December 15, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Double-hour | Chen hour · Dragon · 07:00–09:00 civil clock · branch 辰 |
| Year pillar | 癸丑 · Yin Water Ox · Yin Water over Earth |
| Month pillar | 甲子 · Yang Wood Rat · Yang Wood over Water |
| Day pillar | 乙酉 · Yin Wood Rooster · Yin Wood over Metal |
| Hour pillar | 庚辰 · Yang Metal Dragon · Yang Metal over Earth |
| Hour Na Yin | 白蜡金 · hidden stems 戊 · 乙 · 癸 |
| 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.
Yin Water Ox · Gui Chou
The visible stem is Gui · Yin Water; the branch is Chou · Ox · Earth. Its Na Yin is 桑柘木, and the branch contains hidden stems 己 · 癸 · 辛. Open the full Jiazi record →
Yang Wood Rat · Jia Zi
The visible stem is Jia · Yang Wood; the branch is Zi · Rat · Water. Its Na Yin is 海中金, and the branch contains hidden stem 癸. Open the full Jiazi record →
Yin Wood Rooster · Yi You
The visible stem is Yi · Yin Wood; the branch is You · Rooster · Metal. Its Na Yin is 泉中水, and the branch contains hidden stem 辛. Open the full Jiazi record →
Yang Metal Dragon · Geng Chen
The visible stem is Geng · Yang Metal; the branch is Chen · Dragon · Earth. Its Na Yin is 白蜡金, and the branch contains hidden stems 戊 · 乙 · 癸. 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 (07:00 or 09:00) 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 1973-12-15
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Questions about 1973-12-15 07:00–09:00
What is the hour pillar for 07:00–09:00 on Saturday, December 15, 1973?
In this civil-clock reference, the 07:00–09:00 double-hour on 1973-12-15 carries the hour pillar 庚辰 (Yang Metal Dragon), completing the four-pillar record 癸丑 · 甲子 · 乙酉 · 庚辰.
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.