Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 5 October 2056, 12:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- Not yet born in 10,942 days, on 2056-10-05
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 8th month, 26th 丙子年八月廿六 · lunar year 2056
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 26
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing earth
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayAutumn Equinox
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2056-10-05 12:00
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
Ding You
丁酉
Fire
Day
Geng Yin
庚寅
Metal
Hour
Ren Wu
壬午
Water
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 0 · missing
- Metal 2
- Water 2
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