british summer time in birth chart calculation??

[myfs_106913]

Hi my baby boy was born at 4.58 pm last Saturday (23 Aug 2008).

Its stillBritish Summer Time over here right now,which means the clocks are set 1 hour faster than in the winter months (in other words, now all the clocks in UK are set to GMT +1 because its still summertime, but in winter monthsfromlate Octoberto late March, the clocks in UK are all set to GMT +0).

My question is : If I want to obtain a bazi element report for my son, do I use the monkey hour or the dog hour as his hour of birth (since he was born last Saturday 23rd Aug 2008 at 4.58pm British Summer Time GMT +1 )???

[Robert Lee]

Dear Rachel,

Rachel R. wrote:
My question is : If I want to obtain a bazi element report for my son, do I use the monkey hour or the dog hour as his hour of birth (since he was born last Saturday 23rd Aug 2008 at 4.58pm British Summer Time GMT +1 )???

Our stand for all time zone related is to use the local time of birth. This is because to factor in location, the only true way is to input the long. and lat. of birth. But that adds further degree of error and not everyone will record this information, so not practical to be used.

So you should use the hour as in the hour when your son is born. So for example if he is born is the British Summer Time, then use that time as his hour. If he is born in the winter months, then use the winter months hour which is GMT +0.

So since he is born in the British Summer Time, then just use that as the hour of birth without any further modification.

Hope that helps.

Warmest Regards
Robert Lee
GEOMANCY.NET - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research