BaZi · Glossary
On the Hour Pillar in BaZi
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-08-11 · 1 min read
On the Hour Pillar is a BaZi pillar-position expression term. It reads what appears on the hour pillar, often later development or execution.
Reading Role
Use it to place the term in the correct pillar, stem, branch, hidden-stem, or timing layer before drawing interpretation.
Example
In a chart fragment, this term changes what gets read first: location, support, season, or direction of element flow. That keeps the reading from collapsing into a single label.
Limit
Do not read it before confirming birth time.
Related Terms
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.
楠曰:时上一位格,盖取时一点杀星。
时上一位贵
自日干而外,三干四支,均各关系,而时尤要紧,盖时乃全局之归宿,必将日主引之时上,喜生旺,恶衰绝。
假如甲木用辛金为官,若年是辛,月是酉,时上亦是死官,虽多儘不妨,盖纯一儘好;
故戊生甲寅之月,时上庚甲,不以为明煞有制,而以为专食之格,逢甲减福。
假令生日为甲,岁月时上有丙丁若居巳午,皆背禄。
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