Birth year lookup
What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1990?
People born in 1990 are Canh Ngọ (Year of the Horse), with the nạp âm element Lộ Bàng Thổ (Earth by the Roadside). The Canh Ngọ year runs from Tết on 27 January 1990 to 14 February 1991.
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 | Canh Ngọ |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Horse (Ngọ) |
| Nạp âm element | Lộ Bàng Thổ (Earth by the Roadside), element Earth |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 27 January 1990 to 14 February 1991 |
| Kua, male | Khảm (Kan), East group |
| Kua, female | Cấn (Gen), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 36, East Asian age 37 |
What if you were born in January or February 1990?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1990 to 26 January 1990 still belongs to the Kỷ Tỵ year (1989); anyone born from 1 January 1991 to 14 February 1991 still belongs to Canh Ngọ. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1990 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1990 turns 36 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Canh Ngọ in 2026 is 37: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1990?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Canh Ngọ has the Kua Khảm (Kan), East 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 Canh Ngọ 1990, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Ngọ is in Three Harmony with Dần, Tuất and Six Harmony with Mùi; it clashes with Tý and is harmed by Sửu.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Tý (Rat) | 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Mão (Cat) | 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
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.