Birth year lookup

What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1948?

People born in 1948 are Mậu Tý (Year of the Rat), with the nạp âm element Tích Lịch Hỏa (Fire of the Thunderbolt). The Mậu Tý year runs from Tết on 10 February 1948 to 28 January 1949.

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 1948?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1948 to 9 February 1948 still belongs to the Đinh Hợi year (1947); anyone born from 1 January 1949 to 28 January 1949 still belongs to Mậu Tý. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 1948 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 1948 turns 78 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Mậu Tý in 2026 is 79: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 1948?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Mậu Tý has the Kua Đoài (Dui), West group; a woman Cấn (Gen), 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 Mậu Tý 1948, and which to avoid?

In the Vietnamese folk table, Tý is in Three Harmony with Thân, Thìn and Six Harmony with Sửu; it clashes with Ngọ and is harmed by Mùi.

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.