How to Calculate your BaZi Eight Characters -Day Characters

Was thinking of taking a short break and some fresh air but was reminded that I have yet to provide the table for getting the day characters.

The day characters are a part of Eight Characters or BaZi astrology. It is in fact the loci from which an analysis of one’s horoscope and fortune is derived.

The easiest is to look it up in the Chinese Almanac but for those who do not have one, you do your own calculation. I hope the example I have done will help demonstrate how it is done.

The first table you see shows the day cycle for the 1^st day of January of the year. For example the day cycle for 1^st January 1961 is 31.

To obtain your day character you do this:

1              count the number of days from your date of birth from 1^st January

2              add the number of days you have just obtained to the value of the year of your birth (seen from ‘branch & stem on 1^st January of the year’

3              take away multiples of 60. The balance less 1 is the day cycle value of your birth day.

4              Look up the table ’60 year cycle’ to get the character code for the day cycle just obtained.

For example, for a person born on 4^th August 1961, it goes like this

1              number of days from 1/1/1961

January                = 31 days

February              = 28

March                    = 31

April to July        = 30+31+30+31=122 days

To August 4^th =4

Total                        =216 days

2              year 1997 cycle begins   =31

Days to birthday               =31+216=247 days

3              taking away multiples of 60 (4×60=240)

The balance is 7

Therefore, the cycle for the birth day on 4/8/1961 is 6 (from 7 less 1)

4              The code for 6 is F6 (written as 己 巳)

There, you have it. Easy and simple, isn’t it?

Table A

Table B

Have Fun!

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