Now
The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches of the year, month, day and two-hour period — on your device's clock. The page recomputes every minute.
- Local time
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- Two-hour period
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- Solar term
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- Time zone
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Everything is computed on this device's clock, on zone time — with no true-solar correction.
Four pillars
Each pillar is a pair of signs: the Heavenly Stem above, the Earthly Branch below. The branch sets the energy of the period; the stem gives it its heavenly tone.
- Year
- Code and name
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- Stem element and polarity
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- Branch Ki
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- Stem Ki
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- Month
- Code and name
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- Stem element and polarity
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- Branch Ki
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- Stem Ki
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- Day
- Code and name
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- Stem element and polarity
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- Branch Ki
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- Stem Ki
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- Hour
- Code and name
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- Stem element and polarity
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- Branch Ki
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- Stem Ki
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Open point
Chronopuncture — Zi Wu Liu Zhu, the flow through the double-hours — holds that points do not work equally at all times: in each two-hour period certain points are open and the rest are closed. Two methods are used. Na Zi goes by the hour's branch: the meridian on duty is open, and so is its own-phase point. Na Jia is finer, counting from the stem of the day, so some hours have several open points and others none. Su-Jok adds one step: the hand repeats the body, so the point can be worked on the palm or finger.
Meridian of the hour
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Hours of this day
Twelve two-hour periods under the day's shared pillar. The current period is marked.
Your own chart
“Now” is the same for everyone. Your birth date and time give a personal Six Ki constitution and the ten-year cycles of your life.