Double hour 11 of 12 · 時支
Dog Hour 戌时 19:00–20:59: Secret Animal & Meaning
The Dog hour 戌时 runs 19:00–20:59. Born then, your secret animal is the Dog; the hour branch is 戌 (Yang Earth), and the hour stem follows the day stem.
Traditional secret-animal reading
The Dog hour’s inner image
Dog hour combines Yang Earth with the final branch of autumn. Read as the secret animal, it suggests a boundary around what an experience has left behind. Metal and Fire remain among its hidden stems, giving the image both retained definition and a trace of warmth.
In hour folklore, this is the hour dogs take up guard over the household.
One branch · four linked coordinates
What stays fixed in the Dog period
- Hour branch戌 Xu
19:00–20:59
- Month opens寒露 Hánlù
Cold Dew
- DirectionWest-northwest
Branch sector 11 of 12
- Fixed phaseEarth
Phase carried by the branch
五鼠遁 · day stem sets hour stem
Five complete Dog hour pillars are possible
- 01 · on 甲 Jia / 己 Ji days甲戌Yang Wood Dog
- 02 · on 乙 Yi / 庚 Geng days丙戌Yang Fire Dog
- 03 · on 丙 Bing / 辛 Xin days戊戌Yang Earth Dog
- 04 · on 丁 Ding / 壬 Ren days庚戌Yang Metal Dog
- 05 · on 戊 Wu / 癸 Gui days壬戌Yang Water Dog
Two clock edges
The Dog hour changes at 19:00 and after 20:59
The Dog interval begins at 19:00 and includes 20:59. Use the recorded local civil clock time.
The same branch geometry at every scale
Its clash, harmony and trine do not change with the clock
The Dog branch clashes with Dragon, forms Six Harmony with Rabbit, and belongs to the Fire trine with Tiger and Horse and Dog. These relationships come from fixed positions.