Now that you have some basic understand what bazi is, it is your turn to translate your birth date into chinese birthdate. There are many websites that do that on the internet, so there is no need to cover here. (Not all sites are created equal and there are often mis-calculations). Before getting the real birth date/time, there are two other elements which you should be aware of, which affect the `real` birth date:
- Daylight saving time (DST)
many countries observe daylight saving time, while some countries don't. Depending on when/where you were born, the actual birth time needs to take DST into consideration.
- Apparent (True) solar time 真太陽時
Our normal day/time is currently based on Mean-solar time for ease of measurement, but for more accurate measurement, the mean solar time needed to be converted to apparent solar time. You can find the appropriate adjustments of your birth location from most of you country's observatory websites.
In summary, in order to get to the `real` birth date/time, make sure you take care of the above time adjustments.
