Birth year lookup
1946: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1946 have the element Earth (nạp âm Ốc Thượng Thổ (Earth on the Roof)) and are Bính Tuất, Year of the Dog. The Bính Tuất year runs from Tết on 2 February 1946 to 21 January 1947. Born from 1 January 1946 to 1 February 1946? That is Ất Dậu, not Bính Tuất.
| Stem-branch | Bính Tuất |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Dog (Tuất) |
| Nạp âm element | Ốc Thượng Thổ (Earth on the Roof), element Earth |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | yellow, earth brown; red, orange, purple (Fire colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 2 February 1946 to 21 January 1947 |
| Kua, male | Ly (Li), East group |
| Kua, female | Càn (Qian), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 80, 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 colours, directions and trades go with 1946 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Ốc Thượng Thổ (Earth on the Roof) belongs to Earth, so it is said to suit yellow, earth brown, and the colours of Fire, the element that generates Earth: red, orange, purple. The directions of Earth are Southwest, Northeast; trades usually assigned to it are real estate, construction and building materials, ceramics, agricultural land and produce. This is convention, not calculation: the books differ on colours and trades, and no study has shown that choosing by element changes outcomes. A house facing under Bát Trạch is worked out from the Kua above, not from the element. Kua and directions by birth year.
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.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Ngọ (Horse) | 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Mão (Cat) | 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Thìn (Dragon) | 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
The Three Harmonies, Six Combinations, Four Clashes and Six Harms table is a common folk convention, not the only reckoning. The Four Clashes in groups of four is a Vietnamese folk way of matching ages; the old texts call only the six opposite pairs a clash. Some schools also weigh the Heavenly Stems and the Na Yin element before calling a pair harmonious or clashing.