Year of the Dog
Bing Xu 丙戌 · Earth dog · 5 May 1946, 16:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 80 years 29,389 days lived · traditional age 81 · next birthday 2027-05-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 5th 丙戌年四月初五 · lunar year 1946
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 5
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Roof
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayGrain Rain
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1946-05-05 16:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire · Dog
Month
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
Day
Ji Mao
己卯
Earth
Hour
Ren Shen
壬申
Water
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 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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