What Is Day Lu Returns to Hour (日祿歸時) in BaZi?
Learn the seven eligible Day-Master and hour-branch routes, excluded Yi-Bing-Xin cases, Officer absence, repeated Lu and ordinary-pattern precedence.
Overview
Day Lu Returns to Hour is the standard English name for 日祿歸時. San Ming Tong Hui accepts seven Day-Master and hour-branch routes: Jia with Yin hour, Ding with Wu, Wu with Si, Ji with Wu, Geng with Shen, Ren with Hai and Gui with Zi. Yi at Mao hour is classified as hour-position Indirect Wealth, Bing at Si hour as visible Officer, and Xin at You hour as hour-position Seven Killings, so those three are not folded into the returning-Lu rule. The principal wording expects no visible Officer, while a month-command Officer or stems revealing Wealth/Officer redirect the chart to ordinary Wealth and Officer analysis. Repeated Lu can become gathered Lu, mutual Lu or Jian Lu depending position; a repeated month Lu is not automatically this pattern. Punishment, clash, break, harm, void, decline, Rob Wealth, Dividing Lu and competing combinations also matter. OpenFate calculates every visible condition but has no Day Lu Returns to Hour detector.
At a glance
- Accepted routes
- Jia-Yin, Ding-Wu, Wu-Si, Ji-Wu, Geng-Shen, Ren-Hai, Gui-Zi
- Excluded Day Masters
- Yi, Bing and Xin use other hour structures
- Principal premise
- No visible Officer in the base rule
- Position check
- Lu must be at the hour branch
- Competing structures
- Month Officer, revealed Wealth/Officer, Jian Lu or divided Lu
- Product boundary
- No OpenFate returning-Lu detector
Only seven Day-Master and hour-branch routes enter the base list
The mapping is exact: Jia uses Yin, Ding and Ji use Wu, Wu uses Si, Geng uses Shen, Ren uses Hai and Gui uses Zi. The hour stem is still calculated normally; the classical category is keyed to where the Day Master’s Lu lands.
Yi-Mao hour exposes Ji as Indirect Wealth, Bing-Si hour exposes Gui as Officer, and Xin-You hour exposes Ding as Seven Killings under the legal hour-stem cycle. The source therefore classifies them elsewhere instead of completing a ten-stem table.
- Use the seven-item source map, not a guessed ten-stem expansion.
- Match the hour position explicitly.
Visible Officer, month command and repeated Lu change the category
The opening rule says “without Officer.” If Officer appears through month command, or Wealth and Officer are revealed, direct ordinary analysis takes priority. Support from Resource, Wealth, Food God or Hurting Officer is evaluated within the full structure rather than as an automatic pass.
Lu repeated at the month can become Jian Lu; Lu on several positions can be gathered Lu, mutual Lu or another positional variant. Punishment, clash, break, harm, void, decline, Rob Wealth, Dividing Lu, Owl and binding also prevent a simple label.
- Classify visible Wealth and Officer before the rare name.
- Preserve positional Lu variants as separate states.
OpenFate calculates Lu positions without assigning this pattern
OpenFate can determine the legal Hour Pillar, each Day Master’s Lu branch, repeated Lu, month command, Ten Gods, clashes, punishments, void and competing pattern evidence.
It does not output Day Lu Returns to Hour. A future detector would need the seven-route map, the three exclusions, Officer absence, positional variants, blockers and ordinary-pattern precedence. Saved reports remain unchanged.
- Show the actual hour pillar and Lu mapping.
- Fail closed outside the seven documented routes.
Returning Lu does not guarantee career or wealth
Historical praise such as “a road to the clouds” does not prove office, promotion, income, status, health, lifespan or a favorable event.
Career, financial, legal, relationship, medical and safety decisions require present evidence and appropriate professional advice.
- Exclude rank, money and timing promises.
- Use the entry as a technical source guide.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)卷六「日祿歸時」：甲寅、丁午、戊巳、己午、庚申、壬亥、癸子七路，乙卯丙巳辛酉另歸時上偏財官殺，不見官星及重祿分祿等位置條件A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology七路 allowlist、乙丙辛排除、完整時柱、官星缺席、月令財官及建祿等普通格優先，不擴成十干全表並排除官位升遷財富健康壽命保證OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.