1994: Year of the Wood Dog
The 1994 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Wood Dog, and it runs from 10 February 1994 to 30 January 1995 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Dog 狗
- Element and polarity
- Yang Wood
- Gan-Zhi
- Jia Xu 甲戌
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1994, a person turns 32 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1994? You may be Rooster, not Dog
Chinese New Year 1994 fell on 10 February 1994. Anyone born between 1 January 1994 and 9 February 1994 — a window of 40 days — belongs to the 1993 zodiac year, the Yin Water Rooster, and not to the Dog.
Check an exact birth date against the 10 February 1994 boundary.
Exact 1994 zodiac year dates
The 1994 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 355 days in total.
Other Dog years around 1994
| Dog year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Yang Earth Dog | 18 February 1958 |
| 1970 | Yang Metal Dog | 6 February 1970 |
| 1982 | Yang Water Dog | 25 January 1982 |
| 2006 | Yang Fire Dog | 29 January 2006 |
| 2018 | Yang Earth Dog | 16 February 2018 |
| 2030 | Yang Metal Dog | 3 February 2030 |
The exact pairing 甲戌 — Yang Wood Dog — returns only once every sixty years: 1934, 2054.