BaZi · Glossary
The Day Pillar (Ri Zhu) and the Day Master
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-06-06 · 1 min read
The day pillar is the birth day's stem and branch; its stem is the day master every ten-god relation is read from, its branch the spouse palace.
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In the classical texts
Passages in the classical texts held on this site where the term occurs, transcribed from the named edition. The texts do not necessarily use the term the way it is used today.
所虑者，日主衰弱，不能任之耳。
如日主旺，提纲或官或财或食伤，皆可为用；
用神不可损伤，日主最宜健旺。
日主譬如吾身，局中之神譬如舟马引从，大运譬如所历之地，故重地支，未尝无天干，太岁譬如所遇之人，故重天干，未尝无地支。
土金官去反成官惟有水木伤官格财官两见始为欢是也又曰伤官伤尽亦有不作福者伤官见官亦有不作祸者如一命丁未丁未丙午丙午丙日坐午日主自旺有二午二丁二未财官俱伤虽伤官伤尽奈四柱火气太旺窃气又重运行东南火旺之乡无一㸃财气身空旺无倚至贫之人切不可见伤官伤尽身旺便作好命看又如甲日生人柱有辛为官又有丁伤官若生秋月官旺
造化先须看日主，后把提纲看次第。
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