Build with the Qi Men API

AstroM8 implements Shi Jia Qi Men (时家奇门) using the Chai Bu (拆补) convention. The calculation is deterministic; interpretation is an optional Pro-tier enhancement.

Request a chart

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.astrom8.com/api/v3/chinese/qimen' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: astrom8_...' \
  --data '{
    "date": "1990-05-15",
    "time": "14:30",
    "latitude": 13.7563,
    "longitude": 100.5018,
    "timezoneOffsetMinutes": 420,
    "type": "hour",
    "interpret": false
  }'

Read the plate

Each item in palaces exposes the layers separately:

earth_qi_yi: fixed earth-plate stem (地盘三奇六仪)
heaven_qi_yi: heaven-plate stem carried with the rotated star plate
star, door, and god: the nine-star, eight-door, and eight-god layers
qi_yi: deprecated compatibility alias of earth_qi_yi

The top-level zhi_fu_star and zhi_shi_door identify the direct star and direct door. ge_ju contains patterns detected from the calculated heaven-over-earth stem relationship.

Reproducibility

Store the complete request with the result, especially timezoneOffsetMinutes and type. Solar terms use the actual instant, while the local day pillar selects the Fu Tou and yuan. AstroM8 currently supports the Chai Bu convention. Zhi Run (置閏), Chao Shen/Jie Qi (超神接氣), and lineage-specific alternatives are not silently mixed into this output; future methods will be exposed as explicit versioned calculation modes.

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Build with the Qi Men API

Request a chart

Read the plate

Reproducibility

​Request a chart

​Read the plate

​Reproducibility

Request a chart

Read the plate

Reproducibility