Civil hour reference · 1977-07-22 · 23:00–01:00
July 22, 1977 · 23:00–01:00 (Zi hour · Rat)
The Zi hour · Rat double-hour (23:00–01:00) completes Friday, July 22, 1977 with a fourth, hour pillar: 丁巳 · 丁未 · 庚辰 · 丙子.
Answer first: the reference four pillars for 1977-07-22, 23:00–01:00, are year 丁巳, month 丁未, day 庚辰, hour 丙子. 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
1977-07-22 · 23:00–01:00 at a glance
| Gregorian date | Friday, July 22, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Double-hour | Zi hour · Rat · 23:00–01:00 civil clock · branch 子 |
| Year pillar | 丁巳 · Yin Fire Snake · Yin Fire over Fire |
| Month pillar | 丁未 · Yin Fire Goat · Yin Fire over Earth |
| Day pillar | 庚辰 · Yang Metal Dragon · Yang Metal over Earth |
| Hour pillar | 丙子 · Yang Fire Rat · Yang Fire over Water |
| Hour Na Yin | 涧下水 · hidden stems 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 Fire Snake · Ding Si
The visible stem is Ding · Yin Fire; the branch is Si · Snake · Fire. Its Na Yin is 沙中土, and the branch contains hidden stems 丙 · 庚 · 戊. Open the full Jiazi record →
Yin Fire Goat · Ding Wei
The visible stem is Ding · Yin Fire; the branch is Wei · Goat · Earth. Its Na Yin is 天河水, and the branch contains hidden stems 己 · 丁 · 乙. 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 →
Yang Fire Rat · Bing Zi
The visible stem is Bing · Yang Fire; the branch is Zi · Rat · Water. Its Na Yin is 涧下水, and the branch contains hidden stem 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 (23:00 or 01:00) 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 1977-07-22
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Questions about 1977-07-22 23:00–01:00
What is the hour pillar for 23:00–01:00 on Friday, July 22, 1977?
In this civil-clock reference, the 23:00–01:00 double-hour on 1977-07-22 carries the hour pillar 丙子 (Yang Fire Rat), completing the four-pillar record 丁巳 · 丁未 · 庚辰 · 丙子.
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.