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Civil hour reference · 2012-07-30 · 19:00–21:00

July 30, 2012 · 19:00–21:00 (Xu hour · Dog)

The Xu hour · Dog double-hour (19:00–21:00) completes Monday, July 30, 2012 with a fourth, hour pillar: 壬辰 · 丁未 · 壬辰 · 庚戌.

庚戌hour pillar · Yang Metal Dog

Answer first: the reference four pillars for 2012-07-30, 19:00–21:00, are year 壬辰, month 丁未, day 壬辰, hour 庚戌. 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壬辰Yang Water DragonMonth pillar丁未Yin Fire GoatDay pillar壬辰Yang Water DragonHour pillar庚戌Yang Metal Dog

Deterministic record

2012-07-30 · 19:00–21:00 at a glance

Gregorian dateMonday, July 30, 2012
Double-hourXu hour · Dog · 19:00–21:00 civil clock · branch
Year pillar壬辰 · Yang Water Dragon · Yang Water over Earth
Month pillar丁未 · Yin Fire Goat · Yin Fire over Earth
Day pillar壬辰 · Yang Water Dragon · Yang Water over Earth
Hour pillar庚戌 · Yang Metal Dog · Yang Metal over Earth
Hour Na Yin钗钏金 · hidden stems 戊 · 辛 · 丁
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.

壬辰Year pillar

Yang Water Dragon · Ren Chen

The visible stem is Ren · Yang Water; the branch is Chen · Dragon · Earth. Its Na Yin is 长流水, and the branch contains hidden stems 戊 · 乙 · 癸. Open the full Jiazi record →

丁未Month pillar

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 →

壬辰Day pillar

Yang Water Dragon · Ren Chen

The visible stem is Ren · Yang Water; the branch is Chen · Dragon · Earth. Its Na Yin is 长流水, and the branch contains hidden stems 戊 · 乙 · 癸. Open the full Jiazi record →

庚戌Hour pillar

Yang Metal Dog · Geng Xu

The visible stem is Geng · Yang Metal; the branch is Xu · Dog · Earth. Its Na Yin is 钗钏金, and the branch contains hidden stems 戊 · 辛 · 丁. 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 (19:00 or 21:00) 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 2012-07-30 19:00–21:00

What is the hour pillar for 19:00–21:00 on Monday, July 30, 2012?

In this civil-clock reference, the 19:00–21:00 double-hour on 2012-07-30 carries the hour pillar 庚戌 (Yang Metal Dog), completing the four-pillar record 壬辰 · 丁未 · 壬辰 · 庚戌.

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.