1982: Year of the Water Dog
The 1982 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Water Dog, and it runs from 25 January 1982 to 12 February 1983 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Dog 狗
- Element and polarity
- Yang Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Ren Xu 壬戌
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1982, a person turns 44 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1982? You may be Rooster, not Dog
Chinese New Year 1982 fell on 25 January 1982. Anyone born between 1 January 1982 and 24 January 1982 — a window of 24 days — belongs to the 1981 zodiac year, the Yin Metal Rooster, and not to the Dog.
Check an exact birth date against the 25 January 1982 boundary.
Exact 1982 zodiac year dates
The 1982 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Dog years around 1982
| Dog year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Yang Fire Dog | 2 February 1946 |
| 1958 | Yang Earth Dog | 18 February 1958 |
| 1970 | Yang Metal Dog | 6 February 1970 |
| 1994 | Yang Wood Dog | 10 February 1994 |
| 2006 | Yang Fire Dog | 29 January 2006 |
| 2018 | Yang Earth Dog | 16 February 2018 |
The exact pairing 壬戌 — Yang Water Dog — returns only once every sixty years: 1922, 2042.