Year of the Ox
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water ox · 4 February 1937, 03:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 89 years 32,766 days lived · traditional age 91 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 23rd 丙子年十二月廿三 · lunar year 1936
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 23
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1937-02-04 03:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Ox by the solar-term rule used in divination, Rat by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
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
Ren Xu
壬戌
Water
Hour
Ren Yin
壬寅
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 1
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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