Pick a Good Time for Your Baby to Be Born

When the birth can be scheduled, compare charts across birth times

If your baby's birth time can be scheduled — a planned C-section, say — then "what time to be born" becomes a choice parents get to make for their child. Wofu's Auspicious Birth Time casts a complete chart for each candidate time you enter and compares how their configurations differ, side by side, alongside the almanac's auspicious hours and do's-and-don'ts and Ba Zi bone weight (bone-weight divination). Each candidate also gets its own full natal and early major-cycle analysis. Finally, AI gives you a cross-chart trade-off recommendation based on what matters most to you.

This is only a choice when the birth time can be scheduled

This feature is built for cases where the birth time can already be scheduled — most often a planned C-section, where you've worked out a workable date and window with your doctor.

If your baby has already been born naturally and the time is set, you don't need it — just cast the chart and read it.

Same day, different hour, two different charts

The hour of birth sets where the Life Palace falls, and once the Life Palace moves, all twelve palaces shift with it — born the same day but a few hours apart, the setup for personality, career, relationships, and wealth can be completely different.

Because the differences are this large, putting a few workable times side by side is what makes it worthwhile. You won't just see "which one is better"; you'll see "what a child born at this hour tends to be like, and how a child born at that hour is another thing entirely."

Four layers, side by side, for every candidate

Comparing charts alone isn't enough. Choosing a time traditionally means checking against the almanac, and Ba Zi bone weight is one of the things parents ask about most, so all three are laid out together — plus the full analysis run for each candidate, giving you four layers to compare.

Zi Wei chart: A complete chart cast for each candidate time, so you can compare configurations and the strength of each palace directly.

Almanac: Judges the hour as auspicious or inauspicious by the twelve day-officers (the yellow and black paths), and lists the day's do's, don'ts, clashes, and afflictions.

Ba Zi bone weight (bone-weight divination): Converts to a bone weight, so you can see at a glance how much this hour's fate "weighs."

Natal and early major-cycle analysis: Each candidate generates its own natal analysis and first major cycle, showing where the child's early fortunes are heading.

Parent-child bond: The candidate-chart analysis specifically reads the bond and interaction tendencies between parent and child.

AI leans one way based on what matters most to you

Once every candidate's analysis is done, you can generate a "cross-candidate comparison summary" — it puts the charts together and gives a trade-off recommendation based on the priority you chose when setting up the comparison (career, wealth, love and marriage, health, family and kin, or studies).

It won't claim any hour is "guaranteed a good life." Instead it spells out the differences and the costs: this hour is more favorable in the area you care about most, but here's what it takes; that hour is steadier overall, but here's where it's harder. The call is still yours.

Not just the child — your bond, too

The candidate-chart analysis uses reading rules written specifically for choosing a birth time, and one of them is the parent-child bond — what interaction between this child, born at this hour, and their parents will look like, and where the bond's depth and boundaries fall.

For parents choosing a time, this is often closer to what you truly care about than "how good the career is."

Once you decide, convert it to a permanent chart in one tap

After the baby is born and the time is fixed, choosing that candidate builds it into a permanent chart in your account in one tap — ready to use for major cycles, annual forecasts, or asking the AI astrologer. Choosing also comes with a full major-cycle analysis and some AI-astrologer question credits.

A heads-up: choosing is final — once submitted you can't undo it or switch to another candidate — so please wait until the time is truly settled before you tap it.

Enter candidates, cast each chart, get a recommendation

First give this comparison a name, pick the baby's sex (the direction of the major cycles depends on it) and the area you care about most, then enter two or more candidate times — after you fill in the first, the rest auto-fill with the same set of values, so you just fine-tune.

The system reminds you to avoid duplicates: the same hour on the same day produces an identical chart, which tells you nothing. Once candidates are created, each is cast and analyzed on its own; when they're all done, you can generate the cross-chart summary. Want to add more candidates later? You can buy more.

Comparison · Illustrative

Three candidate times, differences side by side

Same day, different hours, three different charts

Almanac

Bone weight

Life Palace main star

Dragon hour 07–09

Auspicious

4.2 taels

天府

Horse hour 11–13

Inauspicious

3.8 taels

貪狼

Monkey hour 15–17

Auspicious

5.1 taels

紫微

Leaning this way

Cross-chart trade-off recommendation

If career and independence matter most, the Monkey hour has the most complete configuration, at the cost of being expected to carry weight earlier in childhood; the Dragon hour is steadier overall with the strongest parent-child bond, a fit for families who put "growing up well" first.

The above is illustrative. In practice, everything is calculated chart by chart from the date and window you enter, so the almanac, bone weight, and analysis results will all differ.

Who is this feature for?

It's for cases where the birth time can be scheduled — most often a planned C-section, where parents have worked out a workable date and window with their doctor and want to pick a relatively ideal hour for their child within the available range.

Can I still use it if my baby is already born?

There's no need. Since the time is already fixed, just cast the chart for free and read the AI analysis. This feature is a comparison tool for when you can still choose, and the system also requires candidate birth years to be later than this year.

What gets compared?

A complete chart is cast for each candidate time, along with the almanac's auspicious-or-inauspicious verdict for the hour and the day's do's, don'ts, clashes, and afflictions, plus the Ba Zi bone weight (bone-weight divination). Each also generates its own natal analysis and early major-cycle analysis. Finally, you can produce a cross-chart trade-off summary.

How is the almanac's auspicious hour decided?

By the twelve day-officers of the yellow and black paths: yellow-path auspicious hours are good for important matters, while black-path inauspicious hours are best avoided. It also lists the day's do's, don'ts, clashes, and afflictions, so you have a traditional date-selection basis to check against when picking a time.

How many candidates do I need to enter?

At least two, or there's nothing to compare. The same hour on the same day produces an identical chart, so the system will remind you to switch to a different hour. The number of candidates depends on your plan, and you can buy more later.

How is the trade-off recommendation made?

Once every candidate's natal and major-cycle analysis is done, AI puts the charts together and, based on the priority you chose when setting up the comparison — career, wealth, love and marriage, health, family and kin, or studies — explains each one's strengths and costs, rather than claiming any single one is absolutely best.

Can I undo it after deciding?

No. Choosing turns that candidate into a permanent chart in your account; it's final, and you can't switch to another candidate, so please wait until the time is truly settled before you submit. Choosing comes with a full major-cycle analysis and some AI-astrologer question credits.

Does picking a good hour guarantee my child a good life?

No. A chart is a reference for innate tendencies, not a guarantee; upbringing, environment, and effort matter just as much. This feature is about making a better-grounded choice within the available range, not about deciding a whole life.

Does this feature cost anything?

Yes, it's a paid feature, bought per comparison (which includes several candidates); extra candidates can be purchased separately. The actual price is shown on the page when you set up your candidates and submit the comparison.

A final reminder

What matters most is a safe pregnancy and delivery, and the medical risks. Never push your doctor or miss the best time to give birth for the sake of a chart.

Zi Wei and Ba Zi are only "personality tendencies and possible scripts," not a verdict. Real life gets rewritten a lot by family upbringing, environment, and chance.

Choosing a candidate turns it into a permanent chart and can't be undone, so please wait until the birth time is truly settled before you submit.

Whichever hour you choose, this child comes to you with their own strengths and challenges; the presence and upbringing you give shape which version of them emerges.