Year of the Snake
Yi Si 乙巳 · Fire snake · 6 January 2026, 12:00 local
Snake (蛇) — Wise, intuitive and purposeful.
- Age
- 0 years 287 days lived · traditional age 2 · next birthday 2027-01-06 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Snakeby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 18th 乙巳年十一月十八 · lunar year 2025
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 18
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Lantern
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2026-01-06 12:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Yi Si
乙巳
Wood · Snake
Month
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
Day
Geng Chen
庚辰
Metal
Hour
Ren Wu
壬午
Water
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 of the Lantern” 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 3
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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