Birth year lookup

What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1996?

People born in 1996 are Bính Tý (Year of the Rat), with the nạp âm element Giản Hạ Thủy (Water in the Ravine). The Bính Tý year runs from Tết on 19 February 1996 to 6 February 1997.

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 1996?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1996 to 18 February 1996 still belongs to the Ất Hợi year (1995); anyone born from 1 January 1997 to 6 February 1997 still belongs to Bính Tý. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 1996 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 1996 turns 30 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Bính Tý in 2026 is 31: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 1996?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Bính Tý has the Kua Tốn (Xun), East group; a woman Khôn (Kun), 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 Tý 1996, 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.