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Civil hour reference · 2004-10-27 · 01:00–03:00

October 27, 2004 · 01:00–03:00 (Chou hour · Ox)

The Chou hour · Ox double-hour (01:00–03:00) completes Wednesday, October 27, 2004 with a fourth, hour pillar: 甲申 · 甲戌 · 己卯 · 乙丑.

乙丑hour pillar · Yin Wood Ox

Answer first: the reference four pillars for 2004-10-27, 01:00–03:00, are year 甲申, month 甲戌, day 己卯, hour 乙丑. 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甲申Yang Wood MonkeyMonth pillar甲戌Yang Wood DogDay pillar己卯Yin Earth RabbitHour pillar乙丑Yin Wood Ox

Deterministic record

2004-10-27 · 01:00–03:00 at a glance

Gregorian dateWednesday, October 27, 2004
Double-hourChou hour · Ox · 01:00–03:00 civil clock · branch
Year pillar甲申 · Yang Wood Monkey · Yang Wood over Metal
Month pillar甲戌 · Yang Wood Dog · Yang Wood over Earth
Day pillar己卯 · Yin Earth Rabbit · Yin Earth over Wood
Hour pillar乙丑 · Yin Wood Ox · Yin Wood over Earth
Hour Na Yin海中金 · hidden stems 己 · 癸 · 辛
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.

甲申Year pillar

Yang Wood Monkey · Jia Shen

The visible stem is Jia · Yang Wood; the branch is Shen · Monkey · Metal. Its Na Yin is 泉中水, and the branch contains hidden stems 庚 · 壬 · 戊. Open the full Jiazi record →

甲戌Month pillar

Yang Wood Dog · Jia Xu

The visible stem is Jia · Yang Wood; the branch is Xu · Dog · Earth. Its Na Yin is 山头火, and the branch contains hidden stems 戊 · 辛 · 丁. Open the full Jiazi record →

己卯Day pillar

Yin Earth Rabbit · Ji Mao

The visible stem is Ji · Yin Earth; the branch is Mao · Rabbit · Wood. Its Na Yin is 城头土, and the branch contains hidden stem . Open the full Jiazi record →

乙丑Hour pillar

Yin Wood Ox · Yi Chou

The visible stem is Yi · Yin Wood; the branch is Chou · Ox · Earth. Its Na Yin is 海中金, and the branch contains hidden stems 己 · 癸 · 辛. 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 (01:00 or 03:00) 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 2004-10-27 01:00–03:00

What is the hour pillar for 01:00–03:00 on Wednesday, October 27, 2004?

In this civil-clock reference, the 01:00–03:00 double-hour on 2004-10-27 carries the hour pillar 乙丑 (Yin Wood Ox), completing the four-pillar record 甲申 · 甲戌 · 己卯 · 乙丑.

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.