Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 9 August 1996, 11:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 30 years 11,030 days lived · traditional age 31 · next birthday 2027-08-09 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 6th month, 25th 丙子年六月廿五 · lunar year 1996
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 25
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Leothe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayStart of Autumn
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1996-08-09 11:00
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
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire
Day
Wu Yin
戊寅
Earth
Hour
Wu Wu
戊午
Earth
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 1
- Water 1
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