2000: Year of the Metal Dragon
The 2000 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Metal Dragon, and it runs from 5 February 2000 to 23 January 2001 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Dragon 龙
- Element and polarity
- Yang Metal
- Gan-Zhi
- Geng Chen 庚辰
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2000, a person turns 26 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2000? You may be Rabbit, not Dragon
Chinese New Year 2000 fell on 5 February 2000. Anyone born between 1 January 2000 and 4 February 2000 — a window of 35 days — belongs to the 1999 zodiac year, the Yin Earth Rabbit, and not to the Dragon.
Check an exact birth date against the 5 February 2000 boundary.
Exact 2000 zodiac year dates
The 2000 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Dragon years around 2000
| Dragon year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Yang Wood Dragon | 13 February 1964 |
| 1976 | Yang Fire Dragon | 31 January 1976 |
| 1988 | Yang Earth Dragon | 17 February 1988 |
| 2012 | Yang Water Dragon | 23 January 2012 |
| 2024 | Yang Wood Dragon | 10 February 2024 |
| 2036 | Yang Fire Dragon | 28 January 2036 |
The exact pairing 庚辰 — Yang Metal Dragon — returns only once every sixty years: 1940, 2060.