What you get
- Yin or Yang Dun, bureau and nine-palace chart
- Chief, Director, doors, stars and deities
- Question-focused action conditions and changes
How it works
- Inputs
- A current or specified event time and one concrete question.
- Method
- Cast the chart from the question time, then turn its structural signals into practical checks. A direction label is not a travel route or live location service.
How to read it
Set one question and time horizon, locate the relevant palace, compare its strength and relationships, then translate the chart into a practical choice you can verify.
Your question may fit a six-line cast rather than a time-based nine-palace chart. Use the Liu Yao calculator.
For a time-based question method with primary, inner and changed trigrams, compare the Meihua divination calculator.
Read the school notice before the nine-palace chart
Begin with the method notice shown before interpretation. This page uses a time-based rotating chart and its selected calendar convention; another school can produce a different bureau or palace arrangement. Keep charts from different conventions separate instead of mixing one chart’s doors with another chart’s stars.
Ask one concrete question and enter the exact date, time and time zone. Add the place when you need a result that can be compared with another calculation. The nine-palace result records the Yin or Yang setting, bureau, time cycle, Chief and Director, then the star, door, deity and stems in each palace.
Read the grid as a structural record: locate the palace relevant to the question, note its entries, and turn them into a practical condition you can verify. A palace label is not a predictive decision, a probability or a substitute for safety, legal, financial or medical information.
Worked example: a fixed time and a nine-palace structural reading
This is a site-authored worked example using 31 August 2026 at 09:30 in Asia/Shanghai, Beijing. The chart records the solar-term frame 处暑, Yin Dun 7 bureau and the lower time cycle, with Chief Star 天冲 and Director Door 伤门. The nine rows below are the reproducible plate structure for this input, not a forecast about the question.
Practice by reading one row at a time. For example, Palace 8 carries 天冲, 惊门, 值符 and ground stem 乙; compare that row with the other entries before writing a real-world check. Keep the school notice and the timestamp attached to any saved example, and verify the practical condition outside the chart.
- Fixed input
- 31 August 2026 · 09:30 · Asia/Shanghai · Beijing.
- Time frame
- 处暑 · Yin Dun 7 bureau · lower cycle.
- Chief / Director
- Chief Star 天冲 · Director Door 伤门.
- Palace 1 · Kan · north
- Star 天任 · Door 死门 · Deity 螣蛇 · ground stem 丁.
- Palace 2 · Kun · southwest
- Star 天柱 · Door 伤门 · Deity 白虎 · ground stem 癸.
- Palace 3 · Zhen · east
- Star 天辅 · Door 开门 · Deity 九天 · ground stem 壬.
- Palace 4 · Xun · southeast
- Star 天英 · Door 休门 · Deity 九地 · ground stem 辛.
- Palace 5 · center
- No outer star, door or deity; ground stem 庚, with the center-transfer notice shown on the result.
- Palace 6 · Qian · northwest
- Star 天蓬 · Door 景门 · Deity 太阴 · ground stem 己.
- Palace 7 · Dui · west
- Star 天心 · Door 杜门 · Deity 六合 · ground stem 戊.
- Palace 8 · Gen · northeast
- Star 天冲 · Door 惊门 · Deity 值符 · ground stem 乙.
- Palace 9 · Li · south
- Star 天芮 with companion 天禽 · Door 生门 · Deity 玄武 · ground stem 丙.
Frequently asked questions
What is Qi Men Dun Jia?＋
Generate a Qi Men Dun Jia chart for a current or specified time with the nine palaces, doors, stars, deities and action conditions. It uses the same submitted inputs and fixed calculation rules each time.
What information does Qi Men Dun Jia need?＋
A current or specified event time and one concrete question.
What does the result include?＋
Yin or Yang Dun, bureau and nine-palace chart; Chief, Director, doors, stars and deities; Question-focused action conditions and changes.
How is the chart calculated?＋
Cast the chart from the question time, then turn its structural signals into practical checks. A direction label is not a travel route or live location service.
What if the time or place is uncertain?＋
Use the closest supported value, keep the uncertainty visible, and compare boundary cases before interpreting the result.