Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 9 December 1936, 06:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 89 years 32,823 days lived · traditional age 91 · next birthday 2026-12-09 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 10th month, 26th 丙子年十月廿六 · lunar year 1936
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 26
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1936-12-09 06:00
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
Geng Zi
庚子
Metal
Day
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Hour
Ji Mao
己卯
Earth
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 2
- Fire 1
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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