2018: Year of the Earth Dog
The 2018 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Earth Dog, and it runs from 16 February 2018 to 4 February 2019 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Dog 狗
- Element and polarity
- Yang Earth
- Gan-Zhi
- Wu Xu 戊戌
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2018, a person turns 8 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2018? You may be Rooster, not Dog
Chinese New Year 2018 fell on 16 February 2018. Anyone born between 1 January 2018 and 15 February 2018 — a window of 46 days — belongs to the 2017 zodiac year, the Yin Fire Rooster, and not to the Dog.
Check an exact birth date against the 16 February 2018 boundary.
Exact 2018 zodiac year dates
The 2018 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Dog years around 2018
| Dog year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Yang Water Dog | 25 January 1982 |
| 1994 | Yang Wood Dog | 10 February 1994 |
| 2006 | Yang Fire Dog | 29 January 2006 |
| 2030 | Yang Metal Dog | 3 February 2030 |
| 2042 | Yang Water Dog | 22 January 2042 |
| 2054 | Yang Wood Dog | 8 February 2054 |
The exact pairing 戊戌 — Yang Earth Dog — returns only once every sixty years: 1958, 2078.