1983: Year of the Water Pig
The 1983 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Water Pig, and it runs from 13 February 1983 to 1 February 1984 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Pig 猪
- Element and polarity
- Yin Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Gui Hai 癸亥
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1983, a person turns 43 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1983? You may be Dog, not Pig
Chinese New Year 1983 fell on 13 February 1983. Anyone born between 1 January 1983 and 12 February 1983 — a window of 43 days — belongs to the 1982 zodiac year, the Yang Water Dog, and not to the Pig.
Check an exact birth date against the 13 February 1983 boundary.
Exact 1983 zodiac year dates
The 1983 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Pig years around 1983
| Pig year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Yin Fire Pig | 22 January 1947 |
| 1959 | Yin Earth Pig | 8 February 1959 |
| 1971 | Yin Metal Pig | 27 January 1971 |
| 1995 | Yin Wood Pig | 31 January 1995 |
| 2007 | Yin Fire Pig | 18 February 2007 |
| 2019 | Yin Earth Pig | 5 February 2019 |
The exact pairing 癸亥 — Yin Water Pig — returns only once every sixty years: 1923, 2043.