I was born in Latvia, Riga city in Soviet Union times. In that period our time zone was Moscow time zone. Now we use our real local time and difference is -1 hour. I would like to now what time I should use to calculate my Ba Zi chart. My birth date is 26.09.69. and birth time is 21.20 using Moscow time. The same question I have about summer light saving time. Thank you for answer.

Dear Sandra,

Sandra Liepina wrote:
I was born in Latvia, Riga city in Soviet Union times. In that period our time zone was Moscow time zone. Now we use our real local time and difference is -1 hour. I would like to now what time I should use to calculate my Ba Zi chart. My birth date is 26.09.69. and birth time is 21.20 using Moscow time. The same question I have about summer light saving time. Thank you for answer.

Ba Zi was actuallydesigned to be pretty forgiving, thus just from the day month and year alone, you can already get a fairly accurate analysis. The reason because the month pillar is ultimately what defines a person's luck flow and the day is what determine what element a person is born under.

Therefore, even if you do not have the time of birth it does not affect the reading too much.So we find that you just need to use the localtime for your time of birth this will do. You don't need to make any modification to the time zone as there isn't really a need for it.

The various methods of applying feng shui by altering the time zone or location factor, often will make the analysis far less accurate due to several reasons like no one will know exactly the long. and lat. of birth, as well as the timezone is so simplified now-a-days.

So, it is just best to use your localtime or if you are unsure, best to leave the timezone empty.

Hope that helps.

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