Birth year lookup

What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1940?

People born in 1940 are Canh Thìn (Year of the Dragon), with the nạp âm element Bạch Lạp Kim (Gold of the White Candle). The Canh Thìn year runs from Tết on 8 February 1940 to 26 January 1941.

Calendar and astronomy Stem-branch, nạp âm, the Tết dates and ages are computed; the Kua number and age matches are divination conventions.

What if you were born in January or February 1940?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1940 to 7 February 1940 still belongs to the Kỷ Mão year (1939); anyone born from 1 January 1941 to 26 January 1941 still belongs to Canh Thìn. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 1940 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 1940 turns 86 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Canh Thìn in 2026 is 87: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 1940?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Canh Thìn has the Kua Càn (Qian), West group; a woman Ly (Li), East group. The Kua is worked out from the lunar year and sex, and is used to choose a house facing. See the eight directions for a Kua.

Which signs match Canh Thìn 1940, and which to avoid?

In the Vietnamese folk table, Thìn is in Three Harmony with Thân, Tý and Six Harmony with Dậu; it clashes with Tuất and is harmed by Mão.

The Three Harmonies, Four Clashes and Six Harms table is a common folk convention, not the only reckoning. Some schools also weigh the Heavenly Stems and the nạp âm element before calling a pair harmonious or clashing.