1987: Year of the Fire Rabbit
The 1987 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Fire Rabbit, and it runs from 29 January 1987 to 16 February 1988 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Rabbit 兔
- Element and polarity
- Yin Fire
- Gan-Zhi
- Ding Mao 丁卯
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1987, a person turns 39 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1987? You may be Tiger, not Rabbit
Chinese New Year 1987 fell on 29 January 1987. Anyone born between 1 January 1987 and 28 January 1987 — a window of 28 days — belongs to the 1986 zodiac year, the Yang Fire Tiger, and not to the Rabbit.
Check an exact birth date against the 29 January 1987 boundary.
Exact 1987 zodiac year dates
The 1987 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Rabbit years around 1987
| Rabbit year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Yin Metal Rabbit | 6 February 1951 |
| 1963 | Yin Water Rabbit | 25 January 1963 |
| 1975 | Yin Wood Rabbit | 11 February 1975 |
| 1999 | Yin Earth Rabbit | 16 February 1999 |
| 2011 | Yin Metal Rabbit | 3 February 2011 |
| 2023 | Yin Water Rabbit | 22 January 2023 |
The exact pairing 丁卯 — Yin Fire Rabbit — returns only once every sixty years: 1927, 2047.