Five Not Meet Hours in Qimen: Exact Stem Rule
Under the declared rule, Five Not Meet occurs when the hour stem controls the day stem and both stems share Yin or Yang polarity.
Overview
Under the declared rule, Five Not Meet occurs when the hour stem controls the day stem and both stems share Yin or Yang polarity. This produces ten exact ordered day-hour stem pairs, not a vague “bad hour.” Evaluate original day and hour stems, preserving direction and polarity. Do not substitute resolved hidden-Jia instruments for the rule unless the named lineage explicitly defines that variant.
At a glance
- Page role
- Conditional reading rule
- Terms covered
- Wu Bu Yu Shi · hour stem controls day stem
- Verification focus
- Evaluate original day and hour stems, preserving direction and polarity. Do not substitute resolved hidden-Jia instruments for the rule unless the named lineage explicitly defines that variant.
- Stop rule
- Five Not Meet does not make all activity impossible or prove failure. State the exact pair, scope the caution to the decision, and prefer reversible tests and direct evidence.
Direct answer and scope
Under the declared rule, Five Not Meet occurs when the hour stem controls the day stem and both stems share Yin or Yang polarity. This produces ten exact ordered day-hour stem pairs, not a vague “bad hour.”
- Names and related terms: Wu Bu Yu Shi
- Names and related terms: hour stem controls day stem
How the rule is formed or checked
Evaluate original day and hour stems, preserving direction and polarity. Do not substitute resolved hidden-Jia instruments for the rule unless the named lineage explicitly defines that variant.
Keep the cast moment, UTC offset, method version, palace, and interacting symbols visible before adopting an interpretation.
How to use this in a reading
Use the flag as a whole-chart friction warning: reduce irreversible commitments, clarify authority, and verify the handoff between actor and task. It modifies process discipline rather than predicting a named event.
- Name the visible chart fact before assigning symbolic meaning.
- Compare the asker and matter anchors with every layer in their palaces.
- Record at least one supporting condition and one counter-signal.
- End with a reversible action and an observable review point.
Worked contrast
An hour stem controlling the day stem with opposite polarity does not meet this exact rule even if other chart conditions are difficult. Similar symbolism cannot replace the formula.
Common mistake and limit
Five Not Meet does not make all activity impossible or prove failure. State the exact pair, scope the caution to the decision, and prefer reversible tests and direct evidence.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《奇門遁甲統宗》卷一《奇門遁甲統宗》卷一 cited chapter: 值符/值使 sequence, star-layer 伏吟/反吟, and same-polarity 時干剋日干 rule.Classical text used for the stated Chief Star and Gate sequence, star-layer Fu Yin and Fan Yin, and the bounded Five Not Meet rule. The cited page may require direct browser access.
- 《御定奇門遁甲寶鑒》《御定奇門遁甲寶鑒》 cited chapter: explicit 門迫 placements and the 時干剋日干 statement for 五不遇時.Classical compilation used for explicit Men Po gate-to-palace placements and a second statement of Five Not Meet. It supports those formulas only, not every later pattern catalogue.
- OpenFate Qimen hour-chart methodOpenFate docs/QIMEN_SYSTEM.md, “Professional calculation contract,” “Interpretation and evidence contract,” and “Rule-source map,” source-reviewed 2026-09-12.Product-specific reference for OpenFate’s fixed-offset civil-time, hour-Qimen, rotating-plate, Chaibu implementation and its deterministic chart fields. A source review on 2026-09-12 does not prove live deployment, other schools, or predictive validity.