1933: Year of the Water Rooster
The 1933 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Water Rooster, and it runs from 26 January 1933 to 13 February 1934 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Rooster 鸡
- Element and polarity
- Yin Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Gui You 癸酉
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1933, a person turns 93 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1933? You may be Monkey, not Rooster
Chinese New Year 1933 fell on 26 January 1933. Anyone born between 1 January 1933 and 25 January 1933 — a window of 25 days — belongs to the 1932 zodiac year, the Yang Water Monkey, and not to the Rooster.
Check an exact birth date against the 26 January 1933 boundary.
Exact 1933 zodiac year dates
The 1933 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Rooster years around 1933
| Rooster year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Yin Earth Rooster | 22 January 1909 |
| 1921 | Yin Metal Rooster | 8 February 1921 |
| 1945 | Yin Wood Rooster | 13 February 1945 |
| 1957 | Yin Fire Rooster | 31 January 1957 |
| 1969 | Yin Earth Rooster | 17 February 1969 |
The exact pairing 癸酉 — Yin Water Rooster — returns only once every sixty years: 1993, 2053.