1942: Year of the Water Horse
The 1942 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Water Horse, and it runs from 15 February 1942 to 4 February 1943 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Horse 马
- Element and polarity
- Yang Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Ren Wu 壬午
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1942, a person turns 84 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1942? You may be Snake, not Horse
Chinese New Year 1942 fell on 15 February 1942. Anyone born between 1 January 1942 and 14 February 1942 — a window of 45 days — belongs to the 1941 zodiac year, the Yin Metal Snake, and not to the Horse.
Check an exact birth date against the 15 February 1942 boundary.
Exact 1942 zodiac year dates
The 1942 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 355 days in total.
Other Horse years around 1942
| Horse year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Yang Fire Horse | 25 January 1906 |
| 1918 | Yang Earth Horse | 11 February 1918 |
| 1930 | Yang Metal Horse | 30 January 1930 |
| 1954 | Yang Wood Horse | 3 February 1954 |
| 1966 | Yang Fire Horse | 21 January 1966 |
| 1978 | Yang Earth Horse | 7 February 1978 |
The exact pairing 壬午 — Yang Water Horse — returns only once every sixty years: 2002, 2062.