2005: Year of the Wood Rooster
The 2005 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Wood Rooster, and it runs from 9 February 2005 to 28 January 2006 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Rooster 鸡
- Element and polarity
- Yin Wood
- Gan-Zhi
- Yi You 乙酉
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2005, a person turns 21 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2005? You may be Monkey, not Rooster
Chinese New Year 2005 fell on 9 February 2005. Anyone born between 1 January 2005 and 8 February 2005 — a window of 39 days — belongs to the 2004 zodiac year, the Yang Wood Monkey, and not to the Rooster.
Check an exact birth date against the 9 February 2005 boundary.
Exact 2005 zodiac year dates
The 2005 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Rooster years around 2005
| Rooster year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Yin Earth Rooster | 17 February 1969 |
| 1981 | Yin Metal Rooster | 5 February 1981 |
| 1993 | Yin Water Rooster | 23 January 1993 |
| 2017 | Yin Fire Rooster | 28 January 2017 |
| 2029 | Yin Earth Rooster | 13 February 2029 |
| 2041 | Yin Metal Rooster | 1 February 2041 |
The exact pairing 乙酉 — Yin Wood Rooster — returns only once every sixty years: 1945, 2065.