Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 6 January 1937, 18:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 89 years 32,795 days lived · traditional age 91 · next birthday 2027-01-06 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 24th 丙子年十一月廿四 · lunar year 1936
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 24
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing wood
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1937-01-06 18:00
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
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Day
Gui Si
癸巳
Water
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 0 · missing
- Fire 2
- Earth 1
- Metal 3
- Water 2
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