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What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1946?

People born in 1946 are Bính Tuất (Year of the Dog), with the nạp âm element Ốc Thượng Thổ (Earth on the Roof). The Bính Tuất year runs from Tết on 2 February 1946 to 21 January 1947.

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

Born in 1946
Stem-branchBính Tuất
Animal signDog (Tuất)
Nạp âm elementỐc Thượng Thổ (Earth on the Roof), element Earth
Lunar year in solar dates2 February 1946 to 21 January 1947
Kua, maleLy (Li), East group
Kua, femaleCàn (Qian), West group
Age in 202680, East Asian age 81

What if you were born in January or February 1946?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1946 to 1 February 1946 still belongs to the Ất Dậu year (1945); anyone born from 1 January 1947 to 21 January 1947 still belongs to Bính Tuất. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 1946 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 1946 turns 80 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Bính Tuất in 2026 is 81: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 1946?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Bính Tuất has the Kua Ly (Li), East group; a woman Càn (Qian), West 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 Bính Tuất 1946, and which to avoid?

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

Matches and clashes for Tuất, birth years 1940 to 2026
RelationMatch or avoidSignBirth years
Three HarmonyMatchDần (Tiger)1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022
Three HarmonyMatchNgọ (Horse)1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026
Six HarmonyMatchMão (Cat)1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023
Four Clash (direct clash)AvoidThìn (Dragon)1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
Four ClashAvoidSửu (Ox)1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021
Four ClashAvoidMùi (Goat)1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015
Six HarmsAvoidDậu (Rooster)1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017

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.