Time and Five Elements Attribute Query Table (Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Five Elements Comparison Table)

What are the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches?

For those who are new to learning Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, to measure the five elements of the horoscope, they can only check the Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches and Five Elements Comparison Table. What does the dry and earthly branches mean that day? In the ancient Chinese calendar, Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui are called the "Ten Heavenly Stems", while Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai are called the "Twelve Earthly Branches". The ancients used the heavenly stems and earthly branches to represent the year, month, day, and time. Year, month, day and hour are like four pillars supporting the building of "time", so they are called four pillars.

The ten Heavenly Stems and the Twelve Earthly Branches are combined in cycles: Jiazi, Yichou, Bingyin...all the way to Guihai, finally 60 combinations are obtained, called Sixty Jiazi, and so on, endlessly .

Jiazi, Yichou, Bingyin, Dingmao, Wuchen, Jisi, Gengwu, Xinwei, Renshen, Guiyou, Jiaxu, Yihai, Bingzi, Dingchou, Wuyin, Jimao, Gengchen, Xinsi, Renwu, Guiwei, Jiashen, Yiyou, Bingxu, Dinghai, Wuzi, Jichou, Gengyin, Xinmao, Renchen, Guisi, Jiawu, Yiwei, Bingshen, Dingyou, Wuxu , Jihai, Gengzi, Xinchou, Renyin, Guimao, Jiachen, Yisi, Bingwu, Dingwei, Wushen, Jiyou, Gengxu, Xinhai, Renzi, Guichou, Jiayin, Yimao, Bingchen, Dingsi, Wuwu, Jiwei, Gengshen, Xinyou, Renxu, Guihai

Comparison table of the five elements of heavenly stems and earthly branches

Five elements of heavenly stems and earthly branches

Wood Jia Yi Yin Mao Chen

Fire Bing Ding Si Wu Wei

Tu Wu Ji Chen Xu Chou Wei

Jin Geng Xin Shen Youxu

Water Renguihaizi Chou

What is the sixty-year-old stem and branch combination used to record the year. That is: the ten heavenly stems and the twelve earthly branches are combined in order to form stems and branches, which are used to record the year. According to this arrangement, after arranging the 10 symbols of the day stems for six rounds and the 12 symbols of the earthly branches for five rounds, 60 stems and branches can be formed. If the arrangement continues, it will return to its original state, and it will start again and again, that is, as the folk saying goes, "it takes sixty years to turn the year around." The Heavenly Stems are: A, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui, also called Heavenly Stems; the Earthly Branches are: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai are also called the twelve earthly branches. The stems and branches are also divided into yin and yang: A, Bing, Wu, Geng, and Ren are yang stems; B, Ding, Ji, Xin, and Gui are yin stems; Zi, Yin, Chen, Wu, Shen, and Xu are yang branches, and Chou and Mao are , Si, Wei, You and Hai are Yin branches. Match one heavenly stem and one earthly branch and arrange them so that the heavenly stem is in front and the earthly branch is behind. The heavenly stem starts from A and the earthly branch starts from Zi. The yang stem matches the yang branch and the yin stem matches the yin branch (the yang stem does not match the yin branch and the yin stem does not match the yang branch). , the six cycles of heavenly stems and the five cycles of earthly branches are exactly sixty, which is called "sixty stems and branches". According to this order, each year is represented by a pair of stems and branches, and a cycle of sixty years is called "Sixty Flowers Jiazi". How to know your own heavenly stems, earthly branches and five elements. First, you need to know your birth date and exact time. Then download the "Xiaowu Paipan APP" query, enter the Gregorian calendar or lunar calendar date and detailed time of your birth, and you can find out the stems and branches of your birth year, month, day and hour.

Compare the stems and branches one by one according to the following table:

Comparison table of the five elements of heavenly stems and the five elements of earthly branches

Heavenly stems: A-wood, B-wood, B-fire, Ding-fire, Wu-earth, Ji-earth, Geng-metal, Xin-metal, Ren-water, Gui-water

Earthly branches: Zi-water, Chou-earth, Yin-wood, Mao- Wood, Chen - Earth, Si - Fire, Wu - Fire, Wei - Earth, Shen - Metal, You - Metal, Xu - Earth, Hai - Water

Then according to the first stem and branch of your birth day Use the following table to check your time, stems and branches:

Time, time, stems and five elements calculation table

Time, time, five elements, day, stems and branches

Time A, Ji, Yi, Geng, and C Xin Ding Ren Wu Gui

23-01 Zi/Shui Jiazi Bingzi Wuzi Gengzi Renzi

01-03 Chou/Tu Yi Chou Ding Chou Ji Chou Xin Chou Guichou

05-07 Mao/Mu Ding Mao Ji Mao Xin Mao Gui Mao Yi Mao

07-09 Chen/ Tu Wu Chen Geng Chen Ren Chen Jia Chen Bing Chen

09-11 Si/Huo Ji Si Xin Si Gui Si Ji Si Ding Si

11-13 Noon/Huo Geng Wu Ren Wu Jia Wu Bing Wu Wu Wu

13-15 Wei/Tu Xin Wei Gui Wei Yi Wei Ding Wei Ji Wei

15-17 Shen/Jin Ren Shen Jia Shen Bing Shen Wu Shen Geng Shen

19-21 Wu/Tujia Xu Bingxu Wuxu Gengxu Renxu

21-23 Hai/Shui Yihai Dinghai, Jihai, Xinhai, Guihai

If you want to study the Yin-Yang and the Five Elements in depth, you don’t need the heavenly stems, earthly branches and five elements comparison table. You can tell it at a glance. This is also the basic skill for learning the Yin-Yang and the Five Elements.