Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 8 July 1996, 08:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 30 years 11,062 days lived · traditional age 31 · next birthday 2027-07-08 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 5th month, 23rd 丙子年五月廿三 · lunar year 1996
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 23
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Cancerthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayMinor Heat
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1996-07-08 08:00
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
Yi Wei
乙未
Wood
Day
Bing Wu
丙午
Fire
Hour
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
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 3
- Earth 2
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 2
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