2003: Year of the Water Goat
The 2003 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Water Goat, and it runs from 1 February 2003 to 21 January 2004 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Goat 羊
- Element and polarity
- Yin Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Gui Wei 癸未
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2003, a person turns 23 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2003? You may be Horse, not Goat
Chinese New Year 2003 fell on 1 February 2003. Anyone born between 1 January 2003 and 31 January 2003 — a window of 31 days — belongs to the 2002 zodiac year, the Yang Water Horse, and not to the Goat.
Check an exact birth date against the 1 February 2003 boundary.
Exact 2003 zodiac year dates
The 2003 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 355 days in total.
Other Goat years around 2003
| Goat year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Yin Fire Goat | 9 February 1967 |
| 1979 | Yin Earth Goat | 28 January 1979 |
| 1991 | Yin Metal Goat | 15 February 1991 |
| 2015 | Yin Wood Goat | 19 February 2015 |
| 2027 | Yin Fire Goat | 6 February 2027 |
| 2039 | Yin Earth Goat | 24 January 2039 |
The exact pairing 癸未 — Yin Water Goat — returns only once every sixty years: 1943, 2063.