Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 21 May 1936, 01:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 90 years 33,025 days lived · traditional age 91 · next birthday 2027-05-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 1st 丙子年四月初一 · lunar year 1936
- Moon phase
- New Moon新月 · lunar day 1
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing metal
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Geminithe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayGrain Buds
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1936-05-21 01:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Bing Zi
丙子
Fire · Rat
Month
Gui Si
癸巳
Water
Day
Gui Mao
癸卯
Water
Hour
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Water fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Water in the Ravine” 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 1
- Fire 2
- Earth 1
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 4
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