Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 16 February 1996, 07:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 30 years 11,205 days lived · traditional age 32 · next birthday 2027-02-16 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 28th 乙亥年十二月廿八 · lunar year 1995
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 28
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1996-02-16 07:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Bing Zi
丙子
Fire · Rat
Month
Geng Yin
庚寅
Metal
Day
Gui Wei
癸未
Water
Hour
Bing Chen
丙辰
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Water fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Water in the Ravine” 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 2
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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