Birth year lookup
What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1965?
People born in 1965 are Ất Tỵ (Year of the Snake), with the nạp âm element Phú Đăng Hỏa (Fire of the Lamp). The Ất Tỵ year runs from Tết on 1 February 1965 to 20 January 1966.
Calendar and astronomy Stem-branch, nạp âm, the Tết dates and ages are computed; the Kua number and age matches are divination conventions.
| Stem-branch | Ất Tỵ |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Snake (Tỵ) |
| Nạp âm element | Phú Đăng Hỏa (Fire of the Lamp), element Fire |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 1 February 1965 to 20 January 1966 |
| Kua, male | Cấn (Gen), West group |
| Kua, female | Đoài (Dui), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 61, East Asian age 62 |
What if you were born in January or February 1965?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1965 to 31 January 1965 still belongs to the Giáp Thìn year (1964); anyone born from 1 January 1966 to 20 January 1966 still belongs to Ất Tỵ. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1965 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1965 turns 61 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Ất Tỵ in 2026 is 62: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1965?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Ất Tỵ has the Kua Cấn (Gen), West group; a woman Đoài (Dui), 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 Ất Tỵ 1965, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Tỵ is in Three Harmony with Dậu, Sửu and Six Harmony with Thân; it clashes with Hợi and is harmed by Dần. Thân is both Six Harmony and Four Clash with Tỵ: the two tables are separate conventions and contradict each other on this pair. No general rule says which one prevails, so this page does not pick a side.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Hợi (Pig) | 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
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.