LUNAR YEARS

Once upon a time, long ago Buddha had come to Earth in human form. When he was ready to depart he invited the animals to come and bid him farewell. Only 12 animals came. So the Chinese signs were named after them in the order of their arrival - The Rat, The Ox, The Tiger, The Rabbit, The Dragon, The Snake, The Horse, The Sheep, The Monkey, The Rooster, The Dog, and The Boar. And that is how there came to be 12 Chinese signs.



The dates listed on the tables below are the first day of the new year. Taking 1900 as an example; it was the year of The Rat from January 31, 1900 until February 18, 1901. If a person was born between January 1st and January 30th of 1900 then they would subtract a year. Thus their Chinese sign would be the year of the Boar.

YEAR	DATE NEW YEAR BEGAN	CHINESE SIGN	YEAR	DATE NEW YEAR BEGAN
1900	January 31st	Rat	1912	February 18th
1901	February 19th	Ox	1913	February 6th
1902	February 8th	Tiger	1914	January 26th
1903	January 29th	Rabbit	1915	February 14th
1904	February 16th	Dragon	1916	February 3rd
1905	February 4th	Snake	1917	January 23rd
1906	January 25th	Horse	1918	February 11th
1907	February 13th	Sheep	1919	February 1st
1908	February 2nd	Monkey	1920	February 20th
1909	January 22nd	Rooster	1921	February 8th
1910	February 10th	Dog	1922	January 28th
1911	January 30th	Boar	1923	February 16th

YEAR	DATE NEW YEAR BEGAN	CHINESE SIGN	YEAR	DATE NEW YEAR BEGAN
1924	February 5th	Rat	1936	January 24th
1925	January 25th	Ox	1937	February 11th
1926	February 13th	Tiger	1938	January 31st
1927	February 2nd	Rabbit	1939	February 19th
1928	January 23rd	Dragon	1940	February 8th
1929	February 10th	Snake	1941	January 27th
1930	January 30th	Horse	1942	February 15th
1931	February 17th	Sheep	1943	February 5th
1932	February 6th	Monkey	1944	January 25th
1933	January 26th	Rooster	1945	February 13th
1934	February 14th	Dog	1946	February 2nd
1935	February 4th	Boar	1947	January 22th

YEAR	DATE NEW YEAR BEGAN	CHINESE SIGN	YEAR	DATE NEW YEAR BEGAN
1948	February 10th	Rat	1960	January 28th
1949	January 29th	Ox	1961	February 15th
1950	February 17th	Tiger	1962	February 5th
1951	February 6th	Rabbit	1963	January 25th
1952	January 27th	Dragon	1964	February 13th
1953	February 14th	Snake	1965	February 2nd
1954	February 3rd	Horse	1966	January 21st
1955	January 24th	Sheep	1967	February 9th
1956	February 12th	Monkey	1968	January 30th
1957	January 31st	Rooster	1969	February 17th
1958	February 18th	Dog	1970	February 6th
1959	February 8th	Boar	1971	January 27th

YEAR	DATE NEW YEAR BEGAN	CHINESE SIGN	YEAR	DATE NEW YEAR BEGAN
1972	February 16th	Rat	1984	February 2nd
1973	February 3rd	Ox	1985	February 20th
1974	January 23rd	Tiger	1986	February 9th
1975	February 11th	Rabbit	1987	January 29th
1976	January 31st	Dragon	1988	February 17th
1977	February 18th	Snake	1989	February 6th
1978	February 7th	Horse	1990	January 27th
1979	January 28th	Sheep	1991	February 15th
1980	February 16th	Monkey	1992	February 4th
1981	February 5th	Rooster	1993	January 23rd
1982	January 25th	Dog	1994	February 10th
1983	February 13th	Boar	1995	January 31st

YEAR	DATE NEW YEAR BEGAN	CHINESE SIGN	YEAR	DATE NEW YEAR BEGINS
1996	February 19th	Rat	2008	February 7th
1997	February 7th	Ox	2009	January 26th
1998	January 28th	Tiger	2010	February 14th
1999	February 16th	Rabbit	2011	February 3rd
2000	February 5th	Dragon	2012	January 23rd
2001	January 24th	Snake	2013	February 10th
2002	February 12th	Horse	2014	January 31st
2003	February 1st	Sheep	2015	February 19th
2004	January 22nd	Monkey	2016	February 8th
2005	February 9th	Rooster	2017	January 28th
2006	January 29th	Dog	2018	February 16th
2007	February 18th	Boar	2019	February 5th

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