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12 Day OfficersJian Chu date-selection calculator

Calculate the Day Officer from the solar month and sexagenary day. Choose a local date and time, account for the Zi-hour boundary, and compare the following day when needed.

Server-backed calculation

Check a date and time.

Results use the solar month and sexagenary day. Zi-hour day start is supported.

12 Day Officers
(建除十二神)

Server-backed calculation (solar month + sexagenary day). Zi-hour supported. Bilingual output. λ⊙ shown for professional auditing.

12 Day Officer Order

  • Establish
  • Remove
  • Full
  • Level
  • Settle
  • Hold
  • Break
  • Danger
  • Success
  • Receive
  • Open
  • Close

What the result means

Three astronomical-calendar layers.

Day pillar

Sexagenary day

The Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch identify the day within the repeating 60-day cycle.

Solar month

Month Establishment

The solar-term month branch establishes the reference point from which the Officer sequence is determined.

Day Officer

Operating quality

The resulting Officer describes the day’s broad mode of action and must still be matched to a specific objective.

Professional note: the displayed solar ecliptic longitude, λ⊙, supports auditing around solar-month boundaries. Consecutive Officers can legitimately occur during a month rollover.

Use the result well

Match the Officer to the exact action.

“Start,” “sign,” “launch,” “collect,” and “close” are different actions. Use the detailed Officer guidance to distinguish them before making a timing decision.