Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 17 April 1996, 23:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 30 years 11,144 days lived · traditional age 31 · next birthday 2027-04-17 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 2th month, 30th 丙子年二月三十 · lunar year 1996
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 30
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Ariesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayPure Brightness
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1996-04-17 23:00
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
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
Day
Yi You
乙酉
Wood
Hour
Bing Zi
丙子
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 1
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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