1962: Year of the Water Tiger
The 1962 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Water Tiger, and it runs from 5 February 1962 to 24 January 1963 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Tiger 虎
- Element and polarity
- Yang Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Ren Yin 壬寅
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1962, a person turns 64 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1962? You may be Ox, not Tiger
Chinese New Year 1962 fell on 5 February 1962. Anyone born between 1 January 1962 and 4 February 1962 — a window of 35 days — belongs to the 1961 zodiac year, the Yin Metal Ox, and not to the Tiger.
Check an exact birth date against the 5 February 1962 boundary.
Exact 1962 zodiac year dates
The 1962 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Tiger years around 1962
| Tiger year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Yang Fire Tiger | 13 February 1926 |
| 1938 | Yang Earth Tiger | 31 January 1938 |
| 1950 | Yang Metal Tiger | 17 February 1950 |
| 1974 | Yang Wood Tiger | 23 January 1974 |
| 1986 | Yang Fire Tiger | 9 February 1986 |
| 1998 | Yang Earth Tiger | 28 January 1998 |
The exact pairing 壬寅 — Yang Water Tiger — returns only once every sixty years: 1902, 2022, 2082.