Divination

Bazi Match

Enter both birth times to see how well two people match across the day stem, the day branch, the zodiac and the Five Elements.

Bazi matching belongs to traditional fortune-telling and folk culture. The result is for entertainment and reference only, and should never be the basis for a relationship or marriage decision.

Person A details

Person B details

Fill in both birth dates and times, and the system will cast two Four Pillars charts and analyze them on four levels: day stem harmony, day branch harmony and clash, zodiac harmony and clash, and Five Elements complementarity.

About Bazi matchmaking

What matchmaking looks at

Bazi matchmaking takes two people's Four Pillars charts and compares them to judge whether their energies are in tune. Traditional readers usually work through the following levels, and this tool is built the same way:

Level What it looks at Weight
Day stem The five stem harmonies (Jia-Ji, Yi-Geng, Bing-Xin, Ding-Ren, Wu-Gui) Highest
Day branch Six harmonies, three harmonies, six clashes High
Year branch Zodiac six harmonies, three harmonies, six clashes, six harms Medium
Five Elements Whether the two charts complement each other Medium

Why the day pillar matters most

Among the four pillars, the stem of the day pillar stands for the self, and the branch of the day pillar is the "marriage palace", standing for the spouse and the marriage. So matchmaking starts with the day pillar: harmonious day stems mean the two are naturally drawn to each other, harmonious day branches mean an easy relationship, and clashing day branches mean more friction.

The zodiac, by contrast, is only the branch of the year pillar — one character out of the eight. Judging a marriage on the zodiac alone, as folklore so often does, oversimplifies a complex chart.

The logic of Five Elements complementarity

The Five Elements are distributed differently in every Bazi chart. The ideal case is that the element one of you lacks is exactly the one the other has in abundance, so together the two of you balance out.

The other way round, if both of you lack the same element, tradition holds that this combination complements itself less well.

Common misunderstandings

  • A low score means you cannot marry: no. Matchmaking is a reference, not a verdict. Most lasting relationships are built on communication and effort.
  • Clashing zodiac signs are always bad: not necessarily. The zodiac is a single character; you also have to weigh the day pillar, the month pillar and the overall pattern.
  • Matchmaking can predict divorce: it cannot. Claims of that kind have no statistical or scientific basis.

About the time basis

This tool casts charts on fixed UTC+8 (China Standard Time) and applies no true solar time correction. The year pillar is bounded by the Beginning of Spring, the month pillar by the twelve "terms", and the day pillar switches at 23:00.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need the other person's exact birth time?
The hour pillar needs a birth time to be cast. If you do not know their exact birth hour, enter an approximate time — the hour pillar may then be off, so it is better to lean on the day pillar and year pillar analysis.
Why not use true solar time?
This tool casts everything on UTC+8 and applies no true solar time correction, which keeps results reproducible and comparable. If you prefer true solar time, cast each chart separately with a Bazi charting tool and compare them.
How is the score calculated?
Starting from a base of 60: day stem harmony +3; day branch six harmony +3, three harmony +1, clash -3; zodiac six harmony +2, three harmony +1, clash -2, harm -1; Five Elements complementarity +1 to +2, shared deficiency -1; then converted to a 0-100 scale. It is a simplified folk scoring system with no academic basis.
What if our zodiac signs clash?
The zodiac is only a single character, the year branch, so its influence is limited. Look at the harmony and clash of the day pillar first, since that is the real focus of traditional matchmaking. Folk claims about clashing signs are mostly oversimplified.
Can a matchmaking result decide whether I should marry?
No, and it should not. This is a tool of traditional culture and entertainment with no predictive power. Decisions about love and marriage should come back to how the two of you actually get along and communicate.