Chinese zodiac years

Every year from 1924 to 2043 with its animal, element and the exact Lunar New Year dates it starts and ends on. A calendar year usually spans two animals, so check the start date if a birthday falls in January or February.

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Chinese zodiac years 1924–2043, with Lunar New Year start and end dates
Year	Sign	Stem-branch	Starts	Ends
1924	Wood Rat	甲子 · jiǎ zǐ	Feb 5, 1924	Jan 23, 1925
1925	Wood Ox	乙丑 · yǐ chǒu	Jan 24, 1925	Feb 12, 1926
1926	Fire Tiger	丙寅 · bǐng yín	Feb 13, 1926	Feb 1, 1927
1927	Fire Rabbit	丁卯 · dīng mǎo	Feb 2, 1927	Jan 22, 1928
1928	Earth Dragon	戊辰 · wù chén	Jan 23, 1928	Feb 9, 1929
1929	Earth Snake	己巳 · jǐ sì	Feb 10, 1929	Jan 29, 1930
1930	Metal Horse	庚午 · gēng wǔ	Jan 30, 1930	Feb 16, 1931
1931	Metal Goat	辛未 · xīn wèi	Feb 17, 1931	Feb 5, 1932
1932	Water Monkey	壬申 · rén shēn	Feb 6, 1932	Jan 25, 1933
1933	Water Rooster	癸酉 · guǐ yǒu	Jan 26, 1933	Feb 13, 1934
1934	Wood Dog	甲戌 · jiǎ xū	Feb 14, 1934	Feb 3, 1935
1935	Wood Pig	乙亥 · yǐ hài	Feb 4, 1935	Jan 23, 1936
1936	Fire Rat	丙子 · bǐng zǐ	Jan 24, 1936	Feb 10, 1937
1937	Fire Ox	丁丑 · dīng chǒu	Feb 11, 1937	Jan 30, 1938
1938	Earth Tiger	戊寅 · wù yín	Jan 31, 1938	Feb 18, 1939
1939	Earth Rabbit	己卯 · jǐ mǎo	Feb 19, 1939	Feb 7, 1940
1940	Metal Dragon	庚辰 · gēng chén	Feb 8, 1940	Jan 26, 1941
1941	Metal Snake	辛巳 · xīn sì	Jan 27, 1941	Feb 14, 1942
1942	Water Horse	壬午 · rén wǔ	Feb 15, 1942	Feb 4, 1943
1943	Water Goat	癸未 · guǐ wèi	Feb 5, 1943	Jan 24, 1944
1944	Wood Monkey	甲申 · jiǎ shēn	Jan 25, 1944	Feb 12, 1945
1945	Wood Rooster	乙酉 · yǐ yǒu	Feb 13, 1945	Feb 1, 1946
1946	Fire Dog	丙戌 · bǐng xū	Feb 2, 1946	Jan 21, 1947
1947	Fire Pig	丁亥 · dīng hài	Jan 22, 1947	Feb 9, 1948
1948	Earth Rat	戊子 · wù zǐ	Feb 10, 1948	Jan 28, 1949
1949	Earth Ox	己丑 · jǐ chǒu	Jan 29, 1949	Feb 16, 1950
1950	Metal Tiger	庚寅 · gēng yín	Feb 17, 1950	Feb 5, 1951
1951	Metal Rabbit	辛卯 · xīn mǎo	Feb 6, 1951	Jan 26, 1952
1952	Water Dragon	壬辰 · rén chén	Jan 27, 1952	Feb 13, 1953
1953	Water Snake	癸巳 · guǐ sì	Feb 14, 1953	Feb 2, 1954
1954	Wood Horse	甲午 · jiǎ wǔ	Feb 3, 1954	Jan 23, 1955
1955	Wood Goat	乙未 · yǐ wèi	Jan 24, 1955	Feb 11, 1956
1956	Fire Monkey	丙申 · bǐng shēn	Feb 12, 1956	Jan 30, 1957
1957	Fire Rooster	丁酉 · dīng yǒu	Jan 31, 1957	Feb 17, 1958
1958	Earth Dog	戊戌 · wù xū	Feb 18, 1958	Feb 7, 1959
1959	Earth Pig	己亥 · jǐ hài	Feb 8, 1959	Jan 27, 1960
1960	Metal Rat	庚子 · gēng zǐ	Jan 28, 1960	Feb 14, 1961
1961	Metal Ox	辛丑 · xīn chǒu	Feb 15, 1961	Feb 4, 1962
1962	Water Tiger	壬寅 · rén yín	Feb 5, 1962	Jan 24, 1963
1963	Water Rabbit	癸卯 · guǐ mǎo	Jan 25, 1963	Feb 12, 1964
1964	Wood Dragon	甲辰 · jiǎ chén	Feb 13, 1964	Feb 1, 1965
1965	Wood Snake	乙巳 · yǐ sì	Feb 2, 1965	Jan 20, 1966
1966	Fire Horse	丙午 · bǐng wǔ	Jan 21, 1966	Feb 8, 1967
1967	Fire Goat	丁未 · dīng wèi	Feb 9, 1967	Jan 29, 1968
1968	Earth Monkey	戊申 · wù shēn	Jan 30, 1968	Feb 16, 1969
1969	Earth Rooster	己酉 · jǐ yǒu	Feb 17, 1969	Feb 5, 1970
1970	Metal Dog	庚戌 · gēng xū	Feb 6, 1970	Jan 26, 1971
1971	Metal Pig	辛亥 · xīn hài	Jan 27, 1971	Feb 14, 1972
1972	Water Rat	壬子 · rén zǐ	Feb 15, 1972	Feb 2, 1973
1973	Water Ox	癸丑 · guǐ chǒu	Feb 3, 1973	Jan 22, 1974
1974	Wood Tiger	甲寅 · jiǎ yín	Jan 23, 1974	Feb 10, 1975
1975	Wood Rabbit	乙卯 · yǐ mǎo	Feb 11, 1975	Jan 30, 1976
1976	Fire Dragon	丙辰 · bǐng chén	Jan 31, 1976	Feb 17, 1977
1977	Fire Snake	丁巳 · dīng sì	Feb 18, 1977	Feb 6, 1978
1978	Earth Horse	戊午 · wù wǔ	Feb 7, 1978	Jan 27, 1979
1979	Earth Goat	己未 · jǐ wèi	Jan 28, 1979	Feb 15, 1980
1980	Metal Monkey	庚申 · gēng shēn	Feb 16, 1980	Feb 4, 1981
1981	Metal Rooster	辛酉 · xīn yǒu	Feb 5, 1981	Jan 24, 1982
1982	Water Dog	壬戌 · rén xū	Jan 25, 1982	Feb 12, 1983
1983	Water Pig	癸亥 · guǐ hài	Feb 13, 1983	Feb 1, 1984
1984	Wood Rat	甲子 · jiǎ zǐ	Feb 2, 1984	Feb 19, 1985
1985	Wood Ox	乙丑 · yǐ chǒu	Feb 20, 1985	Feb 8, 1986
1986	Fire Tiger	丙寅 · bǐng yín	Feb 9, 1986	Jan 28, 1987
1987	Fire Rabbit	丁卯 · dīng mǎo	Jan 29, 1987	Feb 16, 1988
1988	Earth Dragon	戊辰 · wù chén	Feb 17, 1988	Feb 5, 1989
1989	Earth Snake	己巳 · jǐ sì	Feb 6, 1989	Jan 26, 1990
1990	Metal Horse	庚午 · gēng wǔ	Jan 27, 1990	Feb 14, 1991
1991	Metal Goat	辛未 · xīn wèi	Feb 15, 1991	Feb 3, 1992
1992	Water Monkey	壬申 · rén shēn	Feb 4, 1992	Jan 22, 1993
1993	Water Rooster	癸酉 · guǐ yǒu	Jan 23, 1993	Feb 9, 1994
1994	Wood Dog	甲戌 · jiǎ xū	Feb 10, 1994	Jan 30, 1995
1995	Wood Pig	乙亥 · yǐ hài	Jan 31, 1995	Feb 18, 1996
1996	Fire Rat	丙子 · bǐng zǐ	Feb 19, 1996	Feb 6, 1997
1997	Fire Ox	丁丑 · dīng chǒu	Feb 7, 1997	Jan 27, 1998
1998	Earth Tiger	戊寅 · wù yín	Jan 28, 1998	Feb 15, 1999
1999	Earth Rabbit	己卯 · jǐ mǎo	Feb 16, 1999	Feb 4, 2000
2000	Metal Dragon	庚辰 · gēng chén	Feb 5, 2000	Jan 23, 2001
2001	Metal Snake	辛巳 · xīn sì	Jan 24, 2001	Feb 11, 2002
2002	Water Horse	壬午 · rén wǔ	Feb 12, 2002	Jan 31, 2003
2003	Water Goat	癸未 · guǐ wèi	Feb 1, 2003	Jan 21, 2004
2004	Wood Monkey	甲申 · jiǎ shēn	Jan 22, 2004	Feb 8, 2005
2005	Wood Rooster	乙酉 · yǐ yǒu	Feb 9, 2005	Jan 28, 2006
2006	Fire Dog	丙戌 · bǐng xū	Jan 29, 2006	Feb 17, 2007
2007	Fire Pig	丁亥 · dīng hài	Feb 18, 2007	Feb 6, 2008
2008	Earth Rat	戊子 · wù zǐ	Feb 7, 2008	Jan 25, 2009
2009	Earth Ox	己丑 · jǐ chǒu	Jan 26, 2009	Feb 13, 2010
2010	Metal Tiger	庚寅 · gēng yín	Feb 14, 2010	Feb 2, 2011
2011	Metal Rabbit	辛卯 · xīn mǎo	Feb 3, 2011	Jan 22, 2012
2012	Water Dragon	壬辰 · rén chén	Jan 23, 2012	Feb 9, 2013
2013	Water Snake	癸巳 · guǐ sì	Feb 10, 2013	Jan 30, 2014
2014	Wood Horse	甲午 · jiǎ wǔ	Jan 31, 2014	Feb 18, 2015
2015	Wood Goat	乙未 · yǐ wèi	Feb 19, 2015	Feb 7, 2016
2016	Fire Monkey	丙申 · bǐng shēn	Feb 8, 2016	Jan 27, 2017
2017	Fire Rooster	丁酉 · dīng yǒu	Jan 28, 2017	Feb 15, 2018
2018	Earth Dog	戊戌 · wù xū	Feb 16, 2018	Feb 4, 2019
2019	Earth Pig	己亥 · jǐ hài	Feb 5, 2019	Jan 24, 2020
2020	Metal Rat	庚子 · gēng zǐ	Jan 25, 2020	Feb 11, 2021
2021	Metal Ox	辛丑 · xīn chǒu	Feb 12, 2021	Jan 31, 2022
2022	Water Tiger	壬寅 · rén yín	Feb 1, 2022	Jan 21, 2023
2023	Water Rabbit	癸卯 · guǐ mǎo	Jan 22, 2023	Feb 9, 2024
2024	Wood Dragon	甲辰 · jiǎ chén	Feb 10, 2024	Jan 28, 2025
2025	Wood Snake	乙巳 · yǐ sì	Jan 29, 2025	Feb 16, 2026
2026This year	Fire Horse	丙午 · bǐng wǔ	Feb 17, 2026	Feb 5, 2027
2027Next	Fire Goat	丁未 · dīng wèi	Feb 6, 2027	Jan 25, 2028
2028	Earth Monkey	戊申 · wù shēn	Jan 26, 2028	Feb 12, 2029
2029	Earth Rooster	己酉 · jǐ yǒu	Feb 13, 2029	Feb 2, 2030
2030	Metal Dog	庚戌 · gēng xū	Feb 3, 2030	Jan 22, 2031
2031	Metal Pig	辛亥 · xīn hài	Jan 23, 2031	Feb 10, 2032
2032	Water Rat	壬子 · rén zǐ	Feb 11, 2032	Jan 30, 2033
2033	Water Ox	癸丑 · guǐ chǒu	Jan 31, 2033	Feb 18, 2034
2034	Wood Tiger	甲寅 · jiǎ yín	Feb 19, 2034	Feb 7, 2035
2035	Wood Rabbit	乙卯 · yǐ mǎo	Feb 8, 2035	Jan 27, 2036
2036	Fire Dragon	丙辰 · bǐng chén	Jan 28, 2036	Feb 14, 2037
2037	Fire Snake	丁巳 · dīng sì	Feb 15, 2037	Feb 3, 2038
2038	Earth Horse	戊午 · wù wǔ	Feb 4, 2038	Jan 23, 2039
2039	Earth Goat	己未 · jǐ wèi	Jan 24, 2039	Feb 11, 2040
2040	Metal Monkey	庚申 · gēng shēn	Feb 12, 2040	Jan 31, 2041
2041	Metal Rooster	辛酉 · xīn yǒu	Feb 1, 2041	Jan 21, 2042
2042	Water Dog	壬戌 · rén xū	Jan 22, 2042	Feb 9, 2043
2043	Water Pig	癸亥 · guǐ hài	Feb 10, 2043	Jan 29, 2044

How Chinese zodiac years repeat

Each year combines one of ten heavenly stems with one of twelve earthly branches. The branch gives the animal; the stem gives the element and whether the year is yin or yang. The pair repeats every 60 years, so 1966 and 2026 are both Fire Horse (丙午) years.

Elements change every two years in a fixed order: Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, Earth. Years ending in 0 or 1 are Metal, 2 or 3 Water, 4 or 5 Wood, 6 or 7 Fire, and 8 or 9 Earth.

Questions about the table

What Chinese zodiac is 2027?

2027 is a Fire Goat year (丁未). It starts on Feb 6, 2027 and ends on Jan 25, 2028.

I was born in January 1990. What is my sign?

Lunar New Year 1990 was January 27. A birthday from January 1 to 26 belongs to 1989, the Earth Snake year; from January 27 on, it is the Metal Horse year.

Why does the same calendar year have two animals?

The zodiac year starts on Lunar New Year, between January 21 and February 20, so the first few weeks of every calendar year still belong to the previous animal.

Where do these dates come from?

From the Chinese lunar calendar, using the date of Lunar New Year in China (UTC+8).