1993: Year of the Water Rooster
The 1993 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Water Rooster, and it runs from 23 January 1993 to 9 February 1994 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Rooster 鸡
- Element and polarity
- Yin Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Gui You 癸酉
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1993, a person turns 33 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1993? You may be Monkey, not Rooster
Chinese New Year 1993 fell on 23 January 1993. Anyone born between 1 January 1993 and 22 January 1993 — a window of 22 days — belongs to the 1992 zodiac year, the Yang Water Monkey, and not to the Rooster.
Check an exact birth date against the 23 January 1993 boundary.
Exact 1993 zodiac year dates
The 1993 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 383 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Rooster years around 1993
| Rooster year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Yin Fire Rooster | 31 January 1957 |
| 1969 | Yin Earth Rooster | 17 February 1969 |
| 1981 | Yin Metal Rooster | 5 February 1981 |
| 2005 | Yin Wood Rooster | 9 February 2005 |
| 2017 | Yin Fire Rooster | 28 January 2017 |
| 2029 | Yin Earth Rooster | 13 February 2029 |
The exact pairing 癸酉 — Yin Water Rooster — returns only once every sixty years: 1933, 2053.