Began February 5, 1962 · 354 days long
1962: year of the Water Tiger
The Tiger year started on February 5, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1962 before that date is an Ox.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 5, 1962 12:11 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 8:11 AM Mon, Feb 5 · sets the date
- Year of the Tiger
- 354 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 25, 1963 1:43 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1962: the new moon in your city
The Water Tiger year opened with the new moon at 12:11 AM UTC on February 5, 1962 — 8:11 AM on February 5 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 7:11 PM on February 4 in New York, 12:11 AM on February 5 in London and 10:11 AM on February 5 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Mon, Feb 5, 1962 |
| Honolulu United States | 2:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 2:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 4:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 5:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 5:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 6:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 6:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 7:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 7:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 7:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 7:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 7:41 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 8:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 9:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 9:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 11:11 PM Sun, Feb 4, 1962 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 12:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 1:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 1:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 1:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 2:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 2:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 2:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 2:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 3:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 3:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 3:41 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 4:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 5:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 5:41 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 5:41 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 6:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 7:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 7:41 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 7:41 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+7:30 |
| Beijing China | 8:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 8:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 8:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 9:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 9:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 9:41 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 10:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 10:11 AM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 12:11 PM Mon, Feb 5, 1962 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1962 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Water Tiger personality
Anyone born from February 5, 1962 through January 24, 1963 is a Water Tiger: the yang water stem 壬 over the 寅 branch.
Water feeds the Tiger's own Wood in the five-element cycle, so this Tiger is the best supported of the five. Water brings adaptability, perception and diplomacy — traditionally the most intuitive version, and the most easily influenced.
Stem and branch
1962 is 壬寅 (Rényín)
Na yin — the sounding element
Gold Leaf 金箔金
Gold beaten into thin sheets for decoration. Readings describe polish and presentation — something precious spread thin, beautiful when applied, and delicate on its own.
1962 therefore carries water from its stem and metal from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A "blind" year with no spring
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1962 and February 4, 1963, Beijing time. The Tiger year spans February 5, 1962 to January 24, 1963, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1962 Tiger
The 寅 branch puts a 1962 Tiger opposite the Monkey on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Monkey year after it was 1968. Its harmony partner is the Pig, whose year came round 9 years later, in 1971. How the Tiger and Monkey get on →
Tigers born in 1962 turn 64 in 2026 — 65 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1962
- Born January 1 – February 4, 1962: a Metal Ox, the animal of 1961.
- Born February 5, 1962 or later in the year: a Water Tiger.
A year-only calculator mislabels 35 days of 1962, everything from January 1 to February 4. Roughly one US birth in 11 falls on those dates — 9.2% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Tiger across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Tiger.
The lunar calendar of 1962
Why 354 days, and not 365
No leap month this time: from February 5, 1962 to January 24, 1963, 1962 ran twelve months, six of 30 days and six of 29 — 354 days.
The 30-day months were the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th.
Festival dates in the 1962 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Mon, Feb 19, 1962 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Wed, Jun 6, 1962 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Mon, Aug 6, 1962 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Tue, Aug 14, 1962 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Thu, Sep 13, 1962 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Sun, Oct 7, 1962 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Sat, Dec 22, 1962 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Thu, Jan 3, 1963 |
At the Lantern Festival on February 19 the year's first full moon came that same day, at 9:17 PM Beijing time. The festival night of September 13 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 12:11 PM Beijing time on September 14 — lunar day 16.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1962
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.
By date, 1962 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 52 fall earlier in the calendar and 52 later. Five other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1950 began on February 17; twelve years later, 1974 began on January 23 — both marked in lavender with the other Tiger years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1962: Zodiac Year of the Water Tiger.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1962/
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