Year of the Monkey
Bing Shen 丙申 · Fire monkey · 21 December 2016, 12:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- 9 years 3,590 days lived · traditional age 11 · next birthday 2026-12-21 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 23rd 丙申年十一月廿三 · lunar year 2016
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 23
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire below the Mountain · missing wood
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2016-12-21 12:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire · Monkey
Month
Geng Zi
庚子
Metal
Day
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Hour
Bing Wu
丙午
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Fire fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Fire below the Mountain” 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 4
- Earth 1
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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