Civil hour reference · 1996-07-17 · 21:00–23:00
July 17, 1996 · 21:00–23:00 (Hai hour · Pig)
The Hai hour · Pig double-hour (21:00–23:00) completes Wednesday, July 17, 1996 with a fourth, hour pillar: 丙子 · 乙未 · 乙卯 · 丁亥.
Answer first: the reference four pillars for 1996-07-17, 21:00–23:00, are year 丙子, month 乙未, day 乙卯, hour 丁亥. 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.
Deterministic record
1996-07-17 · 21:00–23:00 at a glance
| Gregorian date | Wednesday, July 17, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Double-hour | Hai hour · Pig · 21:00–23:00 civil clock · branch 亥 |
| Year pillar | 丙子 · Yang Fire Rat · Yang Fire over Water |
| Month pillar | 乙未 · Yin Wood Goat · Yin Wood over Earth |
| Day pillar | 乙卯 · Yin Wood Rabbit · Yin Wood over Wood |
| Hour pillar | 丁亥 · Yin Fire Pig · Yin Fire over Water |
| Hour Na Yin | 屋上土 · hidden stems 壬 · 甲 |
| 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 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 →
Yin Wood Goat · Yi Wei
The visible stem is Yi · Yin Wood; the branch is Wei · Goat · Earth. Its Na Yin is 沙中金, and the branch contains hidden stems 己 · 丁 · 乙. Open the full Jiazi record →
Yin Wood Rabbit · Yi Mao
The visible stem is Yi · Yin Wood; the branch is Mao · Rabbit · Wood. Its Na Yin is 大溪水, and the branch contains hidden stem 乙. Open the full Jiazi record →
Yin Fire Pig · Ding Hai
The visible stem is Ding · Yin Fire; the branch is Hai · Pig · Water. Its Na Yin is 屋上土, 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.
All twelve double-hours of 1996-07-17
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Questions about 1996-07-17 21:00–23:00
What is the hour pillar for 21:00–23:00 on Wednesday, July 17, 1996?
In this civil-clock reference, the 21:00–23:00 double-hour on 1996-07-17 carries the hour pillar 丁亥 (Yin Fire Pig), completing the four-pillar record 丙子 · 乙未 · 乙卯 · 丁亥.
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.