Year of the Dog
Bing Xu 丙戌 · Earth dog · 24 November 1946, 14:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 79 years 29,186 days lived · traditional age 81 · next birthday 2026-11-24 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 1st 丙戌年十一月初一 · lunar year 1946
- Moon phase
- New Moon新月 · lunar day 1
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Roof · missing metal
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayMinor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1946-11-24 14:00
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
Ji Hai
己亥
Earth
Day
Ren Yin
壬寅
Water
Hour
Ding Wei
丁未
Fire
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 2
- Earth 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 2
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