What is my day master?
In BaZi, the heavenly stem of your day pillar is called the day master — the centre of a chart. It is fixed by your birth date alone. No birth time required.
The ten day masters
Famous people’s charts 100 people
Grouped by day master. Each has a page: the three pillars the date fixes, and all twelve hours cast.
Stands tall, principled, slow to bend.
Jimmy Choo 周仰杰
Shoemaker
1948-11-15 · Wood Dragon day (甲辰)
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Bruce Lee 李小龙
Martial artist
1940-11-27 · Wood Dog day (甲戌)
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Elon Musk 马斯克
CEO, Tesla and SpaceX
1971-06-28 · Wood Monkey day (甲申)
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JJ Lin 林俊杰
Singer-songwriter
1981-03-27 · Wood Dragon day (甲辰)
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Nicholas Tse 谢霆锋
Singer, actor and chef
1980-08-29 · Wood Dog day (甲戌)
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Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄
Politician · Honorary President of the People's Republic of China
1893-01-27 · Wood Rat day (甲子)
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Tu Youyou 屠呦呦
Pharmaceutical chemist · Nobel Prize in Medicine, 2015, for artemisinin
1930-12-30 · Wood Tiger day (甲寅)
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Jawaharlal Nehru 尼赫鲁
First Prime Minister of India, 1947–1964
1889-11-14 · Wood Horse day (甲午)
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Jacky Cheung 张学友
Singer and actor · the "God of Songs"
1961-07-10 · Wood Dragon day (甲辰)
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Bends without breaking, and flowers in any crack.
Mahathir Mohamad 马哈迪
Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1981–2003 and 2018–2020
1925-07-10 · Wood Goat day (乙未)
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Jay Chou 周杰伦
Singer-songwriter
1979-01-18 · Wood Rooster day (乙酉)
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Faye Wong 王菲
Singer
1969-08-08 · Wood Rabbit day (乙卯)
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Lei Jun 雷军
Founder, Xiaomi
1969-12-16 · Wood Ox day (乙丑)
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Beyoncé 碧昂丝
Singer
1981-09-04 · Wood Rooster day (乙酉)
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Oprah Winfrey 奥普拉·温弗瑞
Television host and producer
1954-01-29 · Wood Rooster day (乙酉)
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Lin Dan 林丹
Badminton player · Olympic champion, 2008 and 2012
1983-10-14 · Wood Pig day (乙亥)
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Yuan T. Lee 李远哲
Chemist · Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986
1936-11-19 · Wood Snake day (乙巳)
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Jin Yong 金庸
Novelist · The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1924-02-06 · Wood Rabbit day (乙卯)
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Qian Xuesen 钱学森
Aerospace scientist · founder of China's rocket programme
1911-12-11 · Wood Rabbit day (乙卯)
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Wong Kar-wai 王家卫
Film director · In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express
1958-07-17 · Wood Goat day (乙未)
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Warms by nature, brightens whatever room it enters.
Michelle Yeoh 杨紫琼
Actor · Academy Award winner
1962-08-06 · Fire Rat day (丙子)
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Lim Goh Tong 林梧桐
Founder, Genting
1918-02-28 · Fire Horse day (丙午)
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Terry Gou 郭台铭
Founder of Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision)
1950-10-18 · Fire Dog day (丙戌)
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Vladimir Putin 普京
President of Russia, 2000–2008 and since 2012
1952-10-07 · Fire Dog day (丙戌)
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P. Ramlee 比南利
Actor, director and singer · Malaysia's film icon
1929-03-22 · Fire Tiger day (丙寅)
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Ye Jianying 叶剑英
Marshal of the People's Liberation Army · Chairman of the National People's Congress
1897-04-28 · Fire Dragon day (丙辰)
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai 梁朝伟
Actor · In the Mood for Love
1962-06-27 · Fire Monkey day (丙申)
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Anita Mui 梅艳芳
Singer and actor · the "Daughter of Hong Kong"
1963-10-10 · Fire Dog day (丙戌)
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Lee Hsien Loong 李显龙
Prime Minister of Singapore, 2004–2024
1952-02-10 · Fire Dog day (丙戌)
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Morris Chang 张忠谋
Founder of TSMC
1931-07-10 · Fire Tiger day (丙寅)
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Liang Qichao 梁启超
Scholar and reformer · the Hundred Days' Reform of 1898
1873-02-23 · Fire Horse day (丙午)
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Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培
Educator · President of Peking University, 1917–1927
1868-01-11 · Fire Monkey day (丙申)
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Nicol David 妮可·大卫
Squash player · world No. 1 for 108 months
1983-08-26 · Fire Dog day (丙戌)
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Delicate warmth. Lights one corner, and lights it well.
Mao Zedong 毛泽东
Founding leader of the People's Republic of China
1893-12-26 · Fire Rooster day (丁酉)
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Xi Jinping 习近平
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012; President of China since 2013
1953-06-15 · Fire Rooster day (丁酉)
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Zhou Enlai 周恩来
First Premier of the People's Republic of China, 1949–1976
1898-03-05 · Fire Rabbit day (丁卯)
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Lee Chong Wei 李宗伟
Badminton player; world No. 1 for 349 weeks
1982-10-21 · Fire Ox day (丁丑)
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Taylor Swift 泰勒·斯威夫特
Singer-songwriter
1989-12-13 · Fire Goat day (丁未)
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Kim Kardashian 金·卡戴珊
Media personality and businesswoman
1980-10-21 · Fire Rabbit day (丁卯)
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Tsung-Dao Lee 李政道
Physicist · Nobel Prize in Physics, 1957
1926-11-24 · Fire Snake day (丁巳)
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Pony Ma 马化腾
Founder of Tencent
1971-10-29 · Fire Pig day (丁亥)
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Tunku Abdul Rahman 东姑阿都拉曼
First Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1957–1970
1903-02-08 · Fire Rabbit day (丁卯)
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Hu Shih 胡适
Scholar and diplomat · the New Culture Movement
1891-12-17 · Fire Ox day (丁丑)
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Unmoving. Other people lean on you.
Yao Ming 姚明
Basketball, 2.29m
1980-09-12 · Earth Rat day (戊子)
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Lisa 丽莎
BLACKPINK
1997-03-27 · Earth Dragon day (戊辰)
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Deng Xiaoping 邓小平
Paramount leader of China, 1978–1989
1904-08-22 · Earth Rat day (戊子)
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Jiang Zemin 江泽民
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, 1989–2002
1926-08-17 · Earth Tiger day (戊寅)
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I. M. Pei 贝聿铭
Architect · the Louvre Pyramid, the Bank of China Tower
1917-04-26 · Earth Dog day (戊戌)
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Mao Dun 茅盾
Writer · Midnight; the Mao Dun Literature Prize bears his name
1896-07-04 · Earth Horse day (戊午)
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Hu Jintao 胡锦涛
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, 2002–2012
1942-12-21 · Earth Monkey day (戊申)
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Lee Teng-hui 李登辉
President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 1988–2000
1923-01-15 · Earth Rat day (戊子)
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Goh Chok Tong 吴作栋
Prime Minister of Singapore, 1990–2004
1941-05-20 · Earth Dragon day (戊辰)
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Lang Lang 郎朗
Pianist
1982-06-14 · Earth Dragon day (戊辰)
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A quiet cultivator. Everything grows in you.
Tony Fernandes 东尼费南德斯
Founder, AirAsia
1964-04-30 · Earth Rooster day (己酉)
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Donald Trump 特朗普
President of the United States, 2017–2021 and since 2025
1946-06-14 · Earth Goat day (己未)
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Ma Ying-jeou 马英九
President of Taiwan, 2008–2016
1950-07-13 · Earth Rooster day (己酉)
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Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石
Leader of the Republic of China, 1928–1975
1887-10-31 · Earth Snake day (己巳)
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Ding Ling 丁玲
Writer · The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River
1904-10-12 · Earth Rabbit day (己卯)
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Wee Kim Wee 黄金辉
President of Singapore, 1985–1993
1915-11-04 · Earth Pig day (己亥)
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Joan Chen 陈冲
Actor and director · The Last Emperor
1961-04-26 · Earth Ox day (己丑)
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Chow Yun-fat 周润发
Actor · A Better Tomorrow, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1955-05-18 · Earth Rabbit day (己卯)
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Tan Cheng Lock 陈祯禄
Founder of the Malayan Chinese Association
1883-04-05 · Earth Rabbit day (己卯)
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Gong Li 巩俐
Actor · Raise the Red Lantern, Farewell My Concubine
1965-12-31 · Earth Goat day (己未)
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Jet Li 李连杰
Actor and martial artist · Once Upon a Time in China, Hero
1963-04-26 · Earth Pig day (己亥)
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Decisive and sharp-edged. Cuts through what others go around.
Teresa Teng 邓丽君
Singer
1953-01-29 · Metal Dragon day (庚辰)
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Li Ka-shing 李嘉诚
Founder, CK Hutchison
1928-07-29 · Metal Horse day (庚午)
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Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文
President of Taiwan, 2016–2024
1956-08-31 · Metal Horse day (庚午)
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Jeff Bezos 杰夫·贝索斯
Founder, Amazon
1964-01-12 · Metal Monkey day (庚申)
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Lin Yutang 林语堂
Writer and inventor · My Country and My People
1895-10-10 · Metal Tiger day (庚寅)
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Hua Guofeng 华国锋
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 1976–1981
1921-02-16 · Metal Dog day (庚戌)
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Leung Chun-ying 梁振英
Chief Executive of Hong Kong, 2012–2017
1954-08-12 · Metal Rat day (庚子)
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Yuan Longping 袁隆平
Agronomist · developed the first hybrid rice
1930-09-07 · Metal Monkey day (庚申)
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Refined. The brilliance shows only after polishing.
Jensen Huang 黄仁勋
Founder and CEO, Nvidia
1963-02-17 · Metal Rabbit day (辛卯)
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Anwar Ibrahim 安华
Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022
1947-08-10 · Metal Rooster day (辛酉)
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Lai Ching-te 赖清德
President of Taiwan since 2024
1959-10-06 · Metal Rooster day (辛酉)
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Sun Yat-sen 孙中山
Founder of the Republic of China
1866-11-12 · Metal Rabbit day (辛卯)
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Kang Youwei 康有为
Reformer · the Hundred Days' Reform of 1898
1858-03-19 · Metal Pig day (辛亥)
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Donnie Yen 甄子丹
Actor and martial artist · Ip Man
1963-07-27 · Metal Goat day (辛未)
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Yo-Yo Ma 马友友
Cellist
1955-10-07 · Metal Ox day (辛丑)
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Yoichiro Nambu 南部阳一郎
Physicist · Nobel Prize in Physics, 2008
1921-01-18 · Metal Snake day (辛巳)
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Stephen Chow 周星驰
Actor and director · Kung Fu Hustle
1962-06-22 · Metal Rabbit day (辛卯)
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Eileen Chang 张爱玲
Writer · Love in a Fallen City, Lust, Caution
1920-09-30 · Metal Rabbit day (辛卯)
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Vast and deep. Holds rivers and ships alike.
Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀
Founding Prime Minister of Singapore
1923-09-16 · Water Dragon day (壬辰)
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Jack Ma 马云
Founder, Alibaba
1964-09-10 · Water Dog day (壬戌)
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Leslie Cheung 张国荣
Singer and actor
1956-09-12 · Water Horse day (壬午)
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Robert Kuok 郭鹤年
Founder, Kerry Group and Shangri-La
1923-10-06 · Water Rat day (壬子)
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Warren Buffett 巴菲特
Investor; chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
1930-08-30 · Water Rat day (壬子)
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Yang Chen-Ning 杨振宁
Physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics, 1957
1922-10-01 · Water Tiger day (壬寅)
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Bill Gates 比尔·盖茨
Co-founder, Microsoft
1955-10-28 · Water Dog day (壬戌)
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Run Run Shaw 邵逸夫
Film and television producer · Shaw Brothers, TVB
1907-11-19 · Water Monkey day (壬申)
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Lu Xun 鲁迅
Writer · A Madman's Diary, The True Story of Ah Q
1881-09-25 · Water Dog day (壬戌)
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Ang Lee 李安
Film director · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Life of Pi
1954-10-23 · Water Rat day (壬子)
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Sensitive, nourishing, quietly everywhere at once.
Andy Lau 刘德华
Actor and singer
1961-09-27 · Water Pig day (癸亥)
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Jackie Chan 成龙
Actor and martial artist
1954-04-07 · Water Snake day (癸巳)
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S. R. Nathan 纳丹
President of Singapore, 1999–2011
1924-07-03 · Water Goat day (癸未)
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Ding Liren 丁立人
Chess player · World Chess Champion, 2023–2024
1992-10-24 · Water Rooster day (癸酉)
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Wang Yi 王毅
Foreign Minister of China
1953-10-19 · Water Rabbit day (癸卯)
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Chloé Zhao 赵婷
Film director · Academy Award for Best Director, Nomadland
1982-03-31 · Water Ox day (癸丑)
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Brigitte Lin 林青霞
Actor · Swordsman II, Chungking Express
1954-11-03 · Water Pig day (癸亥)
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Lawrence Wong 黄循财
Prime Minister of Singapore, since 2024
1972-12-18 · Water Goat day (癸未)
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About this page
This page states one computed fact per person: the day pillar their birth date produces. It is arithmetic, not interpretation. We do not have birth times for these people, so each person’s page gives the three pillars the date fixes and casts the fourth all twelve ways — and no claim is made that anyone is the way they are because of it.
The English names are the established renderings, not translations. Yang Metal (Geng, 庚) is not literally a sword; the sword is the image the tradition uses for it.