1943: Year of the Water Goat
The 1943 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Water Goat, and it runs from 5 February 1943 to 24 January 1944 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Goat 羊
- Element and polarity
- Yin Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Gui Wei 癸未
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1943, a person turns 83 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1943? You may be Horse, not Goat
Chinese New Year 1943 fell on 5 February 1943. Anyone born between 1 January 1943 and 4 February 1943 — a window of 35 days — belongs to the 1942 zodiac year, the Yang Water Horse, and not to the Goat.
Check an exact birth date against the 5 February 1943 boundary.
Exact 1943 zodiac year dates
The 1943 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Goat years around 1943
| Goat year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1907 | Yin Fire Goat | 13 February 1907 |
| 1919 | Yin Earth Goat | 1 February 1919 |
| 1931 | Yin Metal Goat | 17 February 1931 |
| 1955 | Yin Wood Goat | 24 January 1955 |
| 1967 | Yin Fire Goat | 9 February 1967 |
| 1979 | Yin Earth Goat | 28 January 1979 |
The exact pairing 癸未 — Yin Water Goat — returns only once every sixty years: 2003, 2063.