Case 11 of 26

True-solar crossings

Chengdu: clock time crosses an Hour Pillar

Historical DST and western longitude move 11:30 back to 09:26.

Boundary question

Can true-solar correction change the branch used for the Hour Pillar?

Yes. The corrected time falls in Si Hour rather than the branch suggested by an uncorrected late-morning clock.

Synthetic input

Recorded facts

Date
1990-06-15
Recorded time
11:30
Location
Chengdu, China
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Longitude
104.0665°
Gender input
Male

Pinned expected facts

Verified output

build verified

Year

庚午

Month

壬午

Day

辛亥

Hour

癸巳

Day Master
True solar time
1990-06-15 09:26
Total correction
-123.76 minutes
Historical offset
UTC+09:00 · DST 60 min
Luck direction
顺排
Reference Jie
小暑 · 1990-07-07 17:00:28
Luck start
1997-11-23 05:54:14

Conventions and limits

What this case does — and does not — prove

It verifies

Deterministic reproduction of this input under the named engine version and conventions. A pinned-field mismatch stops the production build.

It does not claim

Universal agreement across Bazi schools, interpretation of a real person, or certainty where the historical record is incomplete.

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