Birth year lookup

What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 2004?

People born in 2004 are Giáp Thân (Year of the Monkey), with the nạp âm element Tuyền Trung Thủy (Water in the Spring). The Giáp Thân year runs from Tết on 22 January 2004 to 8 February 2005.

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 2004?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 2004 to 21 January 2004 still belongs to the Quý Mùi year (2003); anyone born from 1 January 2005 to 8 February 2005 still belongs to Giáp Thân. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 2004 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 2004 turns 22 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Giáp Thân in 2026 is 23: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 2004?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Giáp Thân has the Kua Khôn (Kun), West group; a woman Khảm (Kan), East 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 Giáp Thân 2004, and which to avoid?

In the Vietnamese folk table, Thân is in Three Harmony with Tý, Thìn and Six Harmony with Tỵ; it clashes with Dần and is harmed by Hợi. Tỵ is both Six Harmony and Four Clash with Thân: 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.

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.