Birth year lookup
What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 2024?
People born in 2024 are Giáp Thìn (Year of the Dragon), with the nạp âm element Phú Đăng Hỏa (Fire of the Lamp). The Giáp Thìn year runs from Tết on 10 February 2024 to 28 January 2025.
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 | Giáp Thìn |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Dragon (Thìn) |
| Nạp âm element | Phú Đăng Hỏa (Fire of the Lamp), element Fire |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 10 February 2024 to 28 January 2025 |
| Kua, male | Chấn (Zhen), East group |
| Kua, female | Chấn (Zhen), East group |
| Age in 2026 | 2, East Asian age 3 |
What if you were born in January or February 2024?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 2024 to 9 February 2024 still belongs to the Quý Mão year (2023); anyone born from 1 January 2025 to 28 January 2025 still belongs to Giáp Thìn. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 2024 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 2024 turns 2 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Giáp Thìn in 2026 is 3: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 2024?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Giáp Thìn has the Kua Chấn (Zhen), East group; a woman Chấn (Zhen), 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 Thìn 2024, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Thìn is in Three Harmony with Thân, Tý and Six Harmony with Dậu; it clashes with Tuất and is harmed by Mão.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Tý (Rat) | 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Mão (Cat) | 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 |
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.