Civil hour reference · 2002-05-17 · 03:00–05:00
May 17, 2002 · 03:00–05:00 (Yin hour · Tiger)
The Yin hour · Tiger double-hour (03:00–05:00) completes Friday, May 17, 2002 with a fourth, hour pillar: 壬午 · 乙巳 · 乙酉 · 戊寅.
Answer first: the reference four pillars for 2002-05-17, 03:00–05:00, are year 壬午, month 乙巳, day 乙酉, hour 戊寅. 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
2002-05-17 · 03:00–05:00 at a glance
| Gregorian date | Friday, May 17, 2002 |
|---|---|
| Double-hour | Yin hour · Tiger · 03:00–05:00 civil clock · branch 寅 |
| Year pillar | 壬午 · Yang Water Horse · Yang Water over Fire |
| Month pillar | 乙巳 · Yin Wood Snake · Yin Wood over Fire |
| Day pillar | 乙酉 · Yin Wood Rooster · Yin Wood over Metal |
| Hour pillar | 戊寅 · Yang Earth Tiger · Yang Earth over Wood |
| Hour Na Yin | 城头土 · hidden stems 甲 · 丙 · 戊 |
| 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 Water Horse · Ren Wu
The visible stem is Ren · Yang Water; the branch is Wu · Horse · Fire. Its Na Yin is 杨柳木, and the branch contains hidden stems 丁 · 己. Open the full Jiazi record →
Yin Wood Snake · Yi Si
The visible stem is Yi · Yin Wood; the branch is Si · Snake · Fire. Its Na Yin is 覆灯火, and the branch contains hidden stems 丙 · 庚 · 戊. 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 Earth Tiger · Wu Yin
The visible stem is Wu · Yang Earth; the branch is Yin · Tiger · Wood. Its Na Yin is 城头土, and the branch contains hidden stems 甲 · 丙 · 戊. 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 (03:00 or 05:00) 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 2002-05-17
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Questions about 2002-05-17 03:00–05:00
What is the hour pillar for 03:00–05:00 on Friday, May 17, 2002?
In this civil-clock reference, the 03:00–05:00 double-hour on 2002-05-17 carries the hour pillar 戊寅 (Yang Earth Tiger), completing the four-pillar record 壬午 · 乙巳 · 乙酉 · 戊寅.
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.