Year of the Dog
Ding You 丁酉 · Wood dog · 4 February 2018, 01:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 8 years 3,180 days lived · traditional age 10 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 19th 丁酉年十二月十九 · lunar year 2017
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 19
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- SundayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2018-02-04 01:00
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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: Dog by the solar-term rule used in divination, Rooster 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
Ding You
丁酉
Fire · Rooster
Month
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Ding Mao
丁卯
Fire
Hour
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Wood fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Wood on the Plain” 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 2
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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Hour of birth changes the hour pillar, and after 23:00 it can move the day pillar too.
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