1963: Year of the Water Rabbit
The 1963 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Water Rabbit, and it runs from 25 January 1963 to 12 February 1964 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Rabbit 兔
- Element and polarity
- Yin Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Gui Mao 癸卯
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1963, a person turns 63 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1963? You may be Tiger, not Rabbit
Chinese New Year 1963 fell on 25 January 1963. Anyone born between 1 January 1963 and 24 January 1963 — a window of 24 days — belongs to the 1962 zodiac year, the Yang Water Tiger, and not to the Rabbit.
Check an exact birth date against the 25 January 1963 boundary.
Exact 1963 zodiac year dates
The 1963 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Rabbit years around 1963
| Rabbit year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Yin Fire Rabbit | 2 February 1927 |
| 1939 | Yin Earth Rabbit | 19 February 1939 |
| 1951 | Yin Metal Rabbit | 6 February 1951 |
| 1975 | Yin Wood Rabbit | 11 February 1975 |
| 1987 | Yin Fire Rabbit | 29 January 1987 |
| 1999 | Yin Earth Rabbit | 16 February 1999 |
The exact pairing 癸卯 — Yin Water Rabbit — returns only once every sixty years: 1903, 2023, 2083.