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type: Palm Sutra Concept
title: "時柱 (Hour Pillar)"
description: "Counted forward from the Day pillar to the birth two-hour branch, the Hour pillar governs children and juniors, old age, and the fortune of one’s later years.."
resource: https://localpapa.com/tools/yizhang.html
category: "Damo Yi Zhang Jing · Pillar"
tags: [yizhang, palm-sutra, pillar, children, old-age, descendants]
timestamp: 2026-06-21T00:00:00Z
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# 時柱 (Hour Pillar)

- **中文 / Chinese:** 時柱
- **Governs 主管:** children, old age & later fortune
- **Keywords:** children, old-age, descendants

Counted forward from the Day pillar to the birth two-hour branch, the Hour pillar governs children and juniors, old age, and the fortune of one’s later years.

The palm star this pillar falls on (see <https://localpapa.com/tools/yizhang.html>) describes how this area of life unfolds.

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