Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 23 October 1936, 17:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 89 years 32,870 days lived · traditional age 91 · next birthday 2026-10-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 9th 丙子年九月初九 · lunar year 1936
- Moon phase
- First Quarter上弦月 · lunar day 9
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayFrost Descent
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1936-10-23 17:00
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
Wu Xu
戊戌
Earth
Day
Wu Yin
戊寅
Earth
Hour
Xin You
辛酉
Metal
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 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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