Year of the Dog
Bing Xu 丙戌 · Earth dog · 7 August 1946, 16:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 80 years 29,295 days lived · traditional age 81 · next birthday 2027-08-07 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 7th month, 11th 丙戌年七月十一 · lunar year 1946
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 11
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Roof
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Leothe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayMajor Heat
- Time zone used
- UTC+9Asia/Shanghai · China time 1946-08-07 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
Yi Wei
乙未
Wood
Day
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Hour
Geng Shen
庚申
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 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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