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Your Zi Wei Dou Shu Chart

Explore China's Purple Star Astrology. Create your free chart with your birth date, time, and birthplace, then discover an optional personal interpretation.

Birth details

Your birth details are used only to generate the chart. No account is required.

Fixed Zhongzhou profile. Uses Gregorian birth dates, true-solar-time correction by birthplace, forward late-zi-hour handling, and automatic daylight-saving checks for overseas cities.

Zi Wei Dou Shu

紫微斗数命盘

iztro 2.5.8 · 中州派

Enter birth details to generate the chart. The page shows chart structure and symbolic placements, not deterministic life claims.

Powered by the MIT-licensed iztro open-source engine. Fixed Zhongzhou profile for a simpler public experience. For cultural learning only.

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