1997 年 · 丁丑年（属牛）
In BaZi, 1997 is the Ding Chou (丁丑) year, the year of the Ox. It begins at the Start of Spring (立春), not on January 1 or at Chinese New Year: at 03:02 on February 4, Beijing time.
What these words mean
- BaZi (八字): Chinese "four pillars" astrology. The moment you were born is written as four pillars, for the year, the month, the day and the hour.
- Pillar: a pair of symbols: a stem written on top and a branch below it. Your year pillar is the pair for your year of birth, and your day pillar the pair for your day of birth. Four pillars make eight symbols, which is what BaZi means: "eight characters".
- Stem (天干, Heavenly Stem): the top symbol of a pillar. There are ten. Each is one of the five elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) in its yang or its yin form.
- Branch (地支, Earthly Branch): the bottom symbol of a pillar. There are twelve, each with an animal sign. The branch of your year pillar is your zodiac animal.
- Yang and yin: the two forms of each element. Yang is the bigger, bolder form (Wood as a towering tree), and yin the finer, gentler one (Wood as flowers and vines).
- The Start of Spring (立春): the solar term, around February 4, when the BaZi year begins. The solar terms are 24 fixed points in the sun's yearly path.
丁丑
年柱 Year pillar · 丁 阴火 · 地支 丑 · the stem Ding (丁), yin Fire, on top, and the Ox branch, Chou (丑), below
生肖 牛 · Ox五行 火 · Fire立春 Start of Spring 1997-02-04 03:02农历新年 Chinese New Year 1997-02-07
立春才换年，不是元旦，也不是农历新年 The year begins at the Start of Spring
八字以二十四节气定年月。一年的分界是 立春：1997 年的立春交节在 02-04 03:02（北京时间）。很多排盘工具用元旦或农历新年换年柱，这会让年初出生的人整张命盘算错。
| 出生时间（北京时间） Born (Beijing time) | 年柱 Year pillar | 生肖 Sign |
|---|---|---|
| 1997-01-01 起，到 02-04 03:02 立春之前 From January 1 until 03:02 on February 4 | 丙子 Bing Zi | 鼠 Rat |
| 02-04 03:02 立春之后，到年底 From 03:02 on February 4 to the end of the year | 丁丑 Ding Chou | 牛 Ox |
在立春那一分钟前后出生的，各家历书的时刻可能差一分钟，请在排盘里输入准确的出生时间，本站按分钟比对。在中国以外出生的，先把出生时间换算成北京时间（UTC+8）再对照。新加坡这一年的钟表是 UTC+8，与北京时间相同，立春就在新加坡钟表的 02-04 03:02。排盘会按出生地和出生年份自动换算。
Born in January or early February 1997? If you were born before 03:02 on February 4 (Beijing time), you belong to the previous year pillar, Bing Zi (丙子), the year of the Rat. Many calculators change the year pillar on January 1 or at Chinese New Year, and that gets the whole chart wrong for anyone born early in the year. It is the most common error in free BaZi calculators. Born within a minute of the Start of Spring? Almanacs can differ by a minute, so enter your exact time of birth on the chart form, which compares it to the minute. Born outside China? Convert your birth time to Beijing time (UTC+8) first. In 1997, Singapore's clocks were on UTC+8, the same as Beijing time, so the Start of Spring fell at 03:02 on February 4 by Singapore clocks. The chart form does the conversion for you from the place and year of birth.
我到底属什么？ Which sign am I, really?
两种换年法 Two ways to start the year
民俗生肖多以春节换，命理年柱以立春换。两者通常相差几天到两三个星期，生在这段日子里的人，家里说的属相和命盘上的会不一样。
1997年2月4日 03:02（立春）至2月6日出生：命理属牛，民俗仍多说属鼠。
两种说法都有人用，不是谁对谁错：家里人说属相多按春节，算八字一律按立春。本站排盘以立春为准。
Most families change the animal sign at Chinese New Year. A BaZi chart changes the year pillar at the Start of Spring (立春), the solar term that falls around February 4. The two dates are a few days to about three weeks apart, so someone born between them is one animal to the family and another on the chart. Both ways are in use, and neither is wrong: families mostly go by Chinese New Year, and BaZi always goes by the Start of Spring. This site casts every chart from the Start of Spring.
Born between the Start of Spring (03:02 on February 4, 1997) and February 6, 1997, the day before Chinese New Year: your chart makes you the Ox, but most families still call you the Rat.
1997 年二十四节气 · The 24 solar terms of 1997
| 节气 Term | 北京时间 Beijing time | 节气 Term | 北京时间 Beijing time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 小寒 Minor Cold | 01-05 15:24 | 大寒 Major Cold | 01-20 08:43 |
| 立春 Start of Spring | 02-04 03:02 | 雨水 Rain Water | 02-18 22:52 |
| 惊蛰 Awakening of Insects | 03-05 21:04 | 春分 Spring Equinox | 03-20 21:55 |
| 清明 Clear and Bright | 04-05 01:56 | 谷雨 Grain Rain | 04-20 09:03 |
| 立夏 Start of Summer | 05-05 19:20 | 小满 Grain Buds | 05-21 08:18 |
| 芒种 Grain in Ear | 06-05 23:33 | 夏至 Summer Solstice | 06-21 16:20 |
| 小暑 Minor Heat | 07-07 09:49 | 大暑 Major Heat | 07-23 03:15 |
| 立秋 Start of Autumn | 08-07 19:36 | 处暑 End of Heat | 08-23 10:19 |
| 白露 White Dew | 09-07 22:29 | 秋分 Autumn Equinox | 09-23 07:56 |
| 寒露 Cold Dew | 10-08 14:05 | 霜降 Frost Descends | 10-23 17:15 |
| 立冬 Start of Winter | 11-07 17:14 | 小雪 Minor Snow | 11-22 14:47 |
| 大雪 Major Snow | 12-07 10:05 | 冬至 Winter Solstice | 12-22 04:07 |
时刻为北京时间（UTC+8），按天文算法解算到分钟；与香港天文台公布的近年时刻逐一核对过，最多差一分钟。Times are Beijing time (UTC+8), calculated astronomically to the minute. They have been checked one by one against the Hong Kong Observatory's published times for recent years, and they are never more than a minute apart.
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