Year of the Dog
Bing Xu 丙戌 · Earth dog · 23 October 1946, 13:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 79 years 29,218 days lived · traditional age 81 · next birthday 2026-10-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 29th 丙戌年九月廿九 · lunar year 1946
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 29
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Roof · missing wood
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayCold Dew
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1946-10-23 13:00
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
Wu Xu
戊戌
Earth
Day
Geng Wu
庚午
Metal
Hour
Gui Wei
癸未
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 0 · missing
- Fire 2
- Earth 4
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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