Year of the Ox
Xin Chou 辛丑 · Earth ox · 4 April 1961, 11:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 65 years 23,941 days lived · traditional age 66 · next birthday 2027-04-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 2th month, 19th 辛丑年二月十九 · lunar year 1961
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 19
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Wall · missing water
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Ariesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdaySpring Equinox
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1961-04-04 11:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal · Ox
Month
Xin Mao
辛卯
Metal
Day
Ding Mao
丁卯
Fire
Hour
Bing Wu
丙午
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 Wall” 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 2
- Fire 3
- Earth 1
- Metal 2
- Water 0 · missing
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