2013: Year of the Water Snake
The 2013 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Water Snake, and it runs from 10 February 2013 to 30 January 2014 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Snake 蛇
- Element and polarity
- Yin Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Gui Si 癸巳
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2013, a person turns 13 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2013? You may be Dragon, not Snake
Chinese New Year 2013 fell on 10 February 2013. Anyone born between 1 January 2013 and 9 February 2013 — a window of 40 days — belongs to the 2012 zodiac year, the Yang Water Dragon, and not to the Snake.
Check an exact birth date against the 10 February 2013 boundary.
Exact 2013 zodiac year dates
The 2013 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 355 days in total.
Other Snake years around 2013
| Snake year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Yin Fire Snake | 18 February 1977 |
| 1989 | Yin Earth Snake | 6 February 1989 |
| 2001 | Yin Metal Snake | 24 January 2001 |
| 2025 | Yin Wood Snake | 29 January 2025 |
| 2037 | Yin Fire Snake | 15 February 2037 |
| 2049 | Yin Earth Snake | 2 February 2049 |
The exact pairing 癸巳 — Yin Water Snake — returns only once every sixty years: 1953, 2073.