Began January 26, 1933 · 384 days long
1933: year of the Water Rooster
The Rooster year started on January 26, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1933 before that date is a Monkey.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 25, 1933 11:20 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 7:20 AM Thu, Jan 26 · sets the date
- Year of the Rooster
- 384 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 14, 1934 12:44 AM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1933: the new moon in your city
The Water Rooster year opened with the new moon at 11:20 PM UTC on January 25, 1933 — 7:20 AM on January 26 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 6:20 PM on January 25 in New York, 11:20 PM on January 25 in London and 9:20 AM on January 26 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Wed, Jan 25, 1933 |
| Honolulu United States | 12:50 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 1:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 3:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 4:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 4:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 5:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 5:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 6:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 6:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 6:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 6:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 6:50 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 7:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 8:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 9:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 10:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 11:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 12:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 11:20 PM Wed, Jan 25, 1933 · UTC |
| Berlin Germany | 12:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 1:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 1:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 1:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 1:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 2:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 1:50 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+2:30 |
| Tehran Iran | 2:45 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+3:25 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 3:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 4:50 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 4:50 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 4:50 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 5:13 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+5:53 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 6:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 6:50 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 6:40 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+7:20 |
| Beijing China | 7:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 7:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 7:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 8:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 8:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 8:50 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 9:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 9:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 11:20 AM Thu, Jan 26, 1933 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1933 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Water Rooster personality
Anyone born from January 26, 1933 through February 13, 1934 is a Water Rooster: the yin water stem 癸 over the 酉 branch.
The Rooster's own Metal feeds Water here, which drains as much as it gives: productive, but inclined to spend itself. Water brings adaptability, perception and diplomacy — traditionally the most intuitive version, and the most easily influenced.
Stem and branch
1933 is 癸酉 (Guǐyǒu)
Na yin — the sounding element
Gold of the Sword Blade 劍鋒金
Metal at its sharpest and most refined. Traditionally the strongest of the metal images: decisiveness, precision and an edge that can protect or wound depending on how it is used.
1933 therefore carries water from its stem and metal from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A double spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1933 and February 4, 1934, Beijing time. The Rooster year spans January 26, 1933 to February 13, 1934, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1933 Rooster
The 酉 branch puts a 1933 Rooster opposite the Rabbit on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Rabbit year after it was 1939. Its harmony partner is the Dragon, whose year came round 7 years later, in 1940. How the Rooster and Rabbit get on →
Roosters born in 1933 turn 93 in 2026 — 94 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1933
- Born January 1 – January 25, 1933: a Water Monkey, the animal of 1932.
- Born January 26, 1933 or later in the year: a Water Rooster.
Only the first 25 days of 1933 belong to the Monkey, yet a year-only calculator still calls them Roosters. Those dates hold 6.6% of US births (SSA, 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Rooster across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Rooster.
The lunar calendar of 1933
Why 384 days, and not 365
1933 repeated its fifth month: the leap month 闰五月 ran from June 23 to July 22 and stretched the year to 384 days. Seven of the 13 months had 30 days.
The 30-day months were the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, leap 5th, 7th, 9th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 1933 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Thu, Feb 9, 1933 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Sun, May 28, 1933 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Sun, Aug 27, 1933 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Mon, Sep 4, 1933 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Wed, Oct 4, 1933 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Fri, Oct 27, 1933 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Fri, Dec 22, 1933 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Mon, Jan 22, 1934 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 9:00 PM on February 10, the day after the Lantern Festival. This time the calendar and the sky agreed: the Moon was exactly full on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 1:07 AM Beijing time on October 4.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1933
Lengths differ because a leap month is inserted every two or three years. This is what makes the new year date jump rather than drift.
Only 17 of the 110 new years in the table fall earlier in the calendar than January 26. Two other years share the date. Twelve years later, 1945 began on February 13 — marked in lavender with the other Rooster years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1933: Zodiac Year of the Water Rooster.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1933/
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