Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 23 December 1924, 05:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 101 years 37,192 days lived · traditional age 103 · next birthday 2026-12-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 27th 甲子年十一月廿七 · lunar year 1924
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 27
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing earth
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1924-12-23 05:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood · Rat
Month
Bing Zi
丙子
Fire
Day
Bing Zi
丙子
Fire
Hour
Xin Mao
辛卯
Metal
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Metal fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Gold in the Sea” means in folk astrology. The colours and counts below come from the stem and branch of each pillar, which is the method used for a five-element reading.
- Wood 2
- Fire 2
- Earth 0 · missing
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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