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Civil hour reference · 1977-11-16 · 21:00–23:00

November 16, 1977 · 21:00–23:00 (Hai hour · Pig)

The Hai hour · Pig double-hour (21:00–23:00) completes Wednesday, November 16, 1977 with a fourth, hour pillar: 丁巳 · 辛亥 · 丁丑 · 辛亥.

辛亥hour pillar · Yin Metal Pig

Answer first: the reference four pillars for 1977-11-16, 21:00–23:00, are year 丁巳, month 辛亥, day 丁丑, hour 辛亥. 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.

Year pillar丁巳Yin Fire SnakeMonth pillar辛亥Yin Metal PigDay pillar丁丑Yin Fire OxHour pillar辛亥Yin Metal Pig

Deterministic record

1977-11-16 · 21:00–23:00 at a glance

Gregorian dateWednesday, November 16, 1977
Double-hourHai hour · Pig · 21:00–23:00 civil clock · branch
Year pillar丁巳 · Yin Fire Snake · Yin Fire over Fire
Month pillar辛亥 · Yin Metal Pig · Yin Metal over Water
Day pillar丁丑 · Yin Fire Ox · Yin Fire over Earth
Hour pillar辛亥 · Yin Metal Pig · Yin Metal over Water
Hour Na Yin钗钏金 · hidden stems 壬 · 甲
Zi-hour conventionEarly 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.

丁巳Year pillar

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 →

辛亥Month pillar

Yin Metal Pig · Xin Hai

The visible stem is Xin · Yin Metal; the branch is Hai · Pig · Water. Its Na Yin is 钗钏金, and the branch contains hidden stems 壬 · 甲. Open the full Jiazi record →

丁丑Day pillar

Yin Fire Ox · Ding Chou

The visible stem is Ding · Yin Fire; the branch is Chou · Ox · Earth. Its Na Yin is 涧下水, and the branch contains hidden stems 己 · 癸 · 辛. Open the full Jiazi record →

辛亥Hour pillar

Yin Metal Pig · Xin Hai

The visible stem is Xin · Yin Metal; the branch is Hai · Pig · Water. Its Na Yin is 钗钏金, and the branch contains hidden stems 壬 · 甲. 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 (21:00 or 23:00) 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.

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Questions about 1977-11-16 21:00–23:00

What is the hour pillar for 21:00–23:00 on Wednesday, November 16, 1977?

In this civil-clock reference, the 21:00–23:00 double-hour on 1977-11-16 carries the hour pillar 辛亥 (Yin Metal Pig), completing the four-pillar record 丁巳 · 辛亥 · 丁丑 · 辛亥.

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.