Year of the Ox
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water ox · 4 February 1997, 02:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 29 years 10,851 days lived · traditional age 31 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 27th 丙子年十二月廿七 · lunar year 1996
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 27
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing wood
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1997-02-04 02:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Ox by the solar-term rule used in divination, Rat by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
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
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Day
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Hour
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
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 0 · missing
- Fire 2
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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