Year of the Dog
Yi You 乙酉 · Earth dog · 4 February 1946, 14:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 80 years 29,479 days lived · traditional age 81 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 3rd 丙戌年正月初三 · lunar year 1946
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 3
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Roof · missing fire, water
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1946-02-04 14:00
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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: Dog by the solar-term rule used in divination, Rooster 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
Yi You
乙酉
Wood · Rooster
Month
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
Day
Ji You
己酉
Earth
Hour
Xin Wei
辛未
Metal
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Earth fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Earth on the Roof” 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 0 · missing
- Earth 4
- Metal 3
- Water 0 · missing
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