八宅 · Eight Mansions
Kua number calculator
Your Kua number comes from your Chinese birth year and the male or female calculation table. It identifies one of eight trigrams and an East or West direction group.
Example · 1 July 1990 · male calculation
1☵ 坎
Kǎn · Water
Kǎn · Water
East group · Water
Chinese birth year: 1990 · male calculation.
- Trigram direction
- North
- Group directions
- North · East · South-east · South
Which Kua numbers are East or West?
East group: 1, 3, 4, 9
Kan Water, Zhen Thunder, Xun Wind and Li Fire. Their group directions are North, East, South-east and South.
West group: 2, 6, 7, 8
Kun Earth, Qian Heaven, Dui Lake and Gen Mountain. Their group directions are South-west, North-west, West and North-east.
Kua describes an Eight Mansions direction group. Your BaZi Day Master answers a different question: the element and polarity of the day stem.