Bound Timing

Your task is to identify the branch that creates the bound state and compare candidate windows that clash that binder. Do not substitute the subject branch merely because it is easier to see.

The received timing note in Zengshan Buyi says that when a line encounters combination, clash should also be considered (遇六合，亦宜相击). This supports the combination-to-clash relation. It does not provide a universal ranking, search length, or promise of event occurrence.

Where the binder comes from

Use the completed chart record to locate the binder. In this course, it may be recorded from:

1. a same-position transformed branch that combines with the selected line;
2. the day or month branch combining with the selected line;
3. another visible line whose branch combines with the selected line.

These are observable places to check, not a traditional precedence order. If more than one binder is present and the applicable source or lineage does not resolve their priority, preserve each relation and record unresolved.

Record the binder’s provenance in ordinary language: transformed branch, day, month, moving line, or static line.

Candidate derivation

Step	Learner operation	Required check
1	Copy the exact binding branch from the chart record.	Do not substitute the subject branch.
2	Find its fixed clash partner in the branch table.	Preserve the branch pair.
3	Within the declared question horizon, list dates carrying that clash partner.	A complete calendar anchor is required.
4	Preserve day- and month-scale alternatives without ranking them unless the cited rule does so.	Do not extend the horizon after seeing the candidates.

No candidate is created if the binder is missing, the calendar anchor is incomplete, or no matching calendar point falls inside the declared horizon.

Invented calculation

Invented illustration; no outcome. Suppose a positioned Yin line combines with Hai, and the state record names Hai as the binder.

Record field	Value
Subject branch	Yin
Binding branch	Hai
Fixed clash partner of binder	Si
Symbolic candidate	Si
Calendar comparison	first Si day and first later Si month inside the declared horizon

The operation is Hai → clash partner Si. It is not Yin → clash partner Shen, because the rule releases the stored binder rather than attacking the subject.

Counterexample: no binder, no rule

governing condition: bound
binding branch: missing
result: insufficient; no release candidate

That record exposes inconsistent input. Guessing a binder would make the calculation irreproducible.

Trap: turning release into a real-world result

The comparison addresses a recorded combination relation. It does not establish that an external event succeeds, arrives, or becomes favorable at that time. Keep the candidate attached to the line-condition record.

Source note

The wording 遇六合，亦宜相击 appears in Zengshan Buyi, vol. 1, “General Notes on Response Times for the Various Categories” (各门类应期总注章), checked composite printed p. 48 / PDF physical p. 49. The four-step worksheet and the decision to retain day/month alternatives are UAYA teaching conventions.

Next step

Now handle the related teaching problem: record possible stabilization context for a clashed line.