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Zodiac 4 of 12 · Rabbit (卯)

The Rabbit (卯) — yin Wood, years 1903 to 2035

The Rabbit is the branch 卯 (Mao (Rabbit)): yin Wood, direction East, the 2nd month (beginning at Awakening of Insects), the hour 05:00–07:00. This page is that branch's calendar view — which Gregorian years belong to it, the minute each one begins, and which animals stand in a defined relation to it. For the branch as a position inside a chart — hidden stems, the ten-stem stage table, the five pillars containing it — see the branch page.

Computed facts (engine-verified)

Generated from engine v0.14.0, not hand-written; years and lichun instants come from the engine's lichun table.

AnimalRabbit 兔
Branch Mao (Rabbit) · position 4 of 12
Polarity & elementyin Wood (木)
Direction / seasonEast (东) · Spring
Month2nd month · begins at Awakening of Insects (惊蛰)
Hour05:00–07:00
Hidden stems Yi Yin Wood (main, 木)
Six break Horse

The years that belong to this animal

Each animal recurs twelve times across 144 years, once every twelve. The table gives the most recent cycles with the year pillar and the exact lichun instant (Beijing time) at which each year begins — so "after which date is someone born a Rabbit" is checkable to the minute.

YearYear pillarLichun (Beijing time)Age in 2027
1963癸卯 (Gui Mao)1963-02-04 21:0764
1975乙卯 (Yi Mao)1975-02-04 18:5952
1987丁卯 (Ding Mao)1987-02-04 16:5140
1999己卯 (Ji Mao)1999-02-04 14:5728
2011辛卯 (Xin Mao)2011-02-04 12:3216
2023癸卯 (Gui Mao)2023-02-04 10:424

The next one is 2035 (乙卯, Yi Mao), beginning at lichun on 2035-02-04 08:31.

Every year, 1900–2043

1903 · 1915 · 1927 · 1939 · 1951 · 1963 · 1975 · 1987 · 1999 · 2011 · 2023 · 2035

The year turns at lichun, not at New Year

This siteThe year pillar and the animal change at the instant of lichun, the moment the sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude. It falls on 3–5 February and is known to the minute.
Most zodiac sitesChange the animal at the lunar new year (the second new moon after the winter solstice). The two conventions disagree for anyone born between 1 January and lichun, and again between lichun and the lunar new year.
ConsequenceSomeone born before lichun on 2026-02-04 still carries the previous year's pillar. If your birthday falls in January or February, use the exact instant rather than the year.

The years this animal offends the year branch

Fan tai sui ("offending the year") is one of five fixed table relations between an animal and the year branch — own year, clash, punishment, harm, break — and they can stack. This site computes them from those tables, does not read them as fortune, and sells no remedy. Every year between 1924 and 2043 is listed below.

YearYear pillarRelation to the year branch
1924甲子 (Jia Zi)刑太岁 Punishment
1927丁卯 (Ding Mao)值太岁 Own year
1928戊辰 (Wu Chen)害太岁 Harm
1930庚午 (Geng Wu)破太岁 Break
1933癸酉 (Gui You)冲太岁 Clash
1936丙子 (Bing Zi)刑太岁 Punishment
1939己卯 (Ji Mao)值太岁 Own year
1940庚辰 (Geng Chen)害太岁 Harm
1942壬午 (Ren Wu)破太岁 Break
1945乙酉 (Yi You)冲太岁 Clash
1948戊子 (Wu Zi)刑太岁 Punishment
1951辛卯 (Xin Mao)值太岁 Own year
1952壬辰 (Ren Chen)害太岁 Harm
1954甲午 (Jia Wu)破太岁 Break
1957丁酉 (Ding You)冲太岁 Clash
1960庚子 (Geng Zi)刑太岁 Punishment
1963癸卯 (Gui Mao)值太岁 Own year
1964甲辰 (Jia Chen)害太岁 Harm
1966丙午 (Bing Wu)破太岁 Break
1969己酉 (Ji You)冲太岁 Clash
1972壬子 (Ren Zi)刑太岁 Punishment
1975乙卯 (Yi Mao)值太岁 Own year
1976丙辰 (Bing Chen)害太岁 Harm
1978戊午 (Wu Wu)破太岁 Break
1981辛酉 (Xin You)冲太岁 Clash
1984甲子 (Jia Zi)刑太岁 Punishment
1987丁卯 (Ding Mao)值太岁 Own year
1988戊辰 (Wu Chen)害太岁 Harm
1990庚午 (Geng Wu)破太岁 Break
1993癸酉 (Gui You)冲太岁 Clash
1996丙子 (Bing Zi)刑太岁 Punishment
1999己卯 (Ji Mao)值太岁 Own year
2000庚辰 (Geng Chen)害太岁 Harm
2002壬午 (Ren Wu)破太岁 Break
2005乙酉 (Yi You)冲太岁 Clash
2008戊子 (Wu Zi)刑太岁 Punishment
2011辛卯 (Xin Mao)值太岁 Own year
2012壬辰 (Ren Chen)害太岁 Harm
2014甲午 (Jia Wu)破太岁 Break
2017丁酉 (Ding You)冲太岁 Clash
2020庚子 (Geng Zi)刑太岁 Punishment
2023癸卯 (Gui Mao)值太岁 Own year
2024甲辰 (Jia Chen)害太岁 Harm
2026丙午 (Bing Wu)破太岁 Break
2029己酉 (Ji You)冲太岁 Clash
2032壬子 (Ren Zi)刑太岁 Punishment
2035乙卯 (Yi Mao)值太岁 Own year
2036丙辰 (Bing Chen)害太岁 Harm
2038戊午 (Wu Wu)破太岁 Break
2041辛酉 (Xin You)冲太岁 Clash

How this animal relates to the others

All seven relations are fixed tables and every one can be checked against the index page.

Six harmony Dog — combines into Fire
Clash Rooster
Harm Dragon
Break Horse
PunishmentPunishment of Discourtesy: Rat
TrineWood: Pig Rabbit Goat
MeetingEast Wood: Tiger Rabbit Dragon

Break is one of the traditional fixed tables, structurally the same kind of statement as harm or clash. It is printed from the table with no fortune reading attached.

This animal as a position

The animal and the branch are one character used two ways: as an animal it governs years, as a branch it governs positions. The hidden stems, month, hour, ten-stem stage table and the five pillars containing it are all on the branch page.

Open the Rabbit (卯) branch page →

See how the Rabbit relates to 2027 (Ding Wei) →

What this page deliberately does not do. The zodiac is the one part of this system that the popular market has turned into a horoscope: a fixed personality per animal, a fortune per year, and a lucky charm sold to fix the year that clashes with yours. This site publishes none of that. What is here is a calendar relation: which Gregorian years belong to this animal, the exact minute each of those years begins, and which animal-branches stand in a defined relation to it. Those relations are fixed tables — the same six-harmony, clash, harm and break tables used everywhere else on this site — and not one of them carries a fortune score. In particular, "offending the year" (fan tai sui) is a structural fact, not a curse, and this site sells no remedy for it.

Frequently asked

Which years are Rabbit years?
1903, 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, 2035. Each animal recurs every twelve years, counted from that year's lichun. The most recent is 2023 (癸卯, Gui Mao), with lichun at 2023-02-04 10:42.
What if I was born around lichun?
The animal changes at the instant of lichun. In 2026, lichun falls at 2026-02-04 04:02; born before that instant and your year pillar still belongs to 2025. The two conventions (lichun versus lunar new year) disagree for January and early-February birthdays. This site uses lichun.
Which years does the Rabbit offend the year branch?
Between 1924 and 2043 there are 50: 1924 (Punishment); 1927 (Own year); 1928 (Harm); 1930 (Break); 1933 (Clash); 1936 (Punishment); 1939 (Own year); 1940 (Harm); 1942 (Break); 1945 (Clash); 1948 (Punishment); 1951 (Own year); 1952 (Harm); 1954 (Break); 1957 (Clash); 1960 (Punishment); 1963 (Own year); 1964 (Harm); 1966 (Break); 1969 (Clash); 1972 (Punishment); 1975 (Own year); 1976 (Harm); 1978 (Break); 1981 (Clash); 1984 (Punishment); 1987 (Own year); 1988 (Harm); 1990 (Break); 1993 (Clash); 1996 (Punishment); 1999 (Own year); 2000 (Harm); 2002 (Break); 2005 (Clash); 2008 (Punishment); 2011 (Own year); 2012 (Harm); 2014 (Break); 2017 (Clash); 2020 (Punishment); 2023 (Own year); 2024 (Harm); 2026 (Break); 2029 (Clash); 2032 (Punishment); 2035 (Own year); 2036 (Harm); 2038 (Break); 2041 (Clash).
What is the Rabbit personality?
This site does not assign a personality to an animal. The animal is the everyday name of a year branch — a structural position (yin Wood, hidden stems Yi) rather than a character label. The same animal reads differently under a different month command and inside a whole chart; any source that fixes a character to an animal is claiming more than the system does.

Nearby animals

Tiger ←  ·  → Dragon

Reference index

Every enumerable component of ba zi has its own page here. Each page is computed by the same engine and can be checked item by item — none of it is a personality table.