Year of the Dog
Bing Xu 丙戌 · Earth dog · 17 January 1947, 12:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 79 years 29,132 days lived · traditional age 81 · next birthday 2027-01-17 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 26th 丙戌年十二月廿六 · lunar year 1946
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 26
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Roof · missing water
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1947-01-17 12:00
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
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Day
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire
Hour
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood
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 3
- Earth 2
- Metal 2
- Water 0 · missing
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