1999: Year of the Earth Rabbit
The 1999 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Earth Rabbit, and it runs from 16 February 1999 to 4 February 2000 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Rabbit 兔
- Element and polarity
- Yin Earth
- Gan-Zhi
- Ji Mao 己卯
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1999, a person turns 27 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1999? You may be Tiger, not Rabbit
Chinese New Year 1999 fell on 16 February 1999. Anyone born between 1 January 1999 and 15 February 1999 — a window of 46 days — belongs to the 1998 zodiac year, the Yang Earth Tiger, and not to the Rabbit.
Check an exact birth date against the 16 February 1999 boundary.
Exact 1999 zodiac year dates
The 1999 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Rabbit years around 1999
| Rabbit year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Yin Water Rabbit | 25 January 1963 |
| 1975 | Yin Wood Rabbit | 11 February 1975 |
| 1987 | Yin Fire Rabbit | 29 January 1987 |
| 2011 | Yin Metal Rabbit | 3 February 2011 |
| 2023 | Yin Water Rabbit | 22 January 2023 |
| 2035 | Yin Wood Rabbit | 8 February 2035 |
The exact pairing 己卯 — Yin Earth Rabbit — returns only once every sixty years: 1939, 2059.