Began January 25, 1982 · 384 days long
1982: year of the Water Dog
The Dog year started on January 25, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1982 before that date is a Rooster.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 25, 1982 4:56 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 12:56 PM Mon, Jan 25 · sets the date
- Year of the Dog
- 384 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 13, 1983 12:32 AM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1982: the new moon in your city
The Water Dog year opened with the new moon at 4:56 AM UTC on January 25, 1982 — 12:56 PM on January 25 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 11:56 PM on January 24 in New York, 4:56 AM on January 25 in London and 3:56 PM on January 25 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Mon, Jan 25, 1982 |
| Honolulu United States | 6:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 6:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 8:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 9:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 9:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 10:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 10:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 11:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 11:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 11:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 11:56 PM Sun, Jan 24, 1982 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 12:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 1:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 1:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 1:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 4:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 4:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 5:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 5:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 5:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 6:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 6:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 6:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 7:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 7:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 7:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 8:26 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 8:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 9:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 10:26 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 10:26 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 10:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 11:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 11:56 AM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 12:56 PM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 12:56 PM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 12:56 PM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 12:56 PM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 1:56 PM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 1:56 PM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 3:26 PM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 2:56 PM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 3:56 PM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 5:56 PM Mon, Jan 25, 1982 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1982 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Water Dog personality
Anyone born from January 25, 1982 through February 12, 1983 is a Water Dog: the yang water stem 壬 over the 戌 branch.
The Dog's own Earth controls Water here, so the sign keeps the upper hand over the year's element. Water brings adaptability, perception and diplomacy — traditionally the most intuitive version, and the most easily influenced.
Stem and branch
1982 is 壬戌 (Rénxū)
Na yin — the sounding element
Water of the Great Sea 大海水
The open ocean, which every river eventually reaches. The image is depth, capacity and completion — the last pair of the sixty-year cycle.
1982 therefore carries water from its stem and water from its na yin — the same element twice. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A double spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1982 and February 4, 1983, Beijing time. The Dog year spans January 25, 1982 to February 12, 1983, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1982 Dog
The 戌 branch puts a 1982 Dog opposite the Dragon on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Dragon year after it was 1988. Its harmony partner is the Rabbit, whose year came round 5 years later, in 1987. How the Dog and Dragon get on →
Dogs born in 1982 turn 44 in 2026 — 45 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1982
- Born January 1 – January 24, 1982: a Metal Rooster, the animal of 1981.
- Born January 25, 1982 or later in the year: a Water Dog.
Only the first 24 days of 1982 belong to the Rooster, yet a year-only calculator still calls them Dogs. Those dates hold 6.3% of US births (SSA, 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Dog across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Dog.
The lunar calendar of 1982
Why 384 days, and not 365
1982 repeated its fourth month: the leap month 闰四月 ran from May 23 to June 20 and stretched the year to 384 days. Seven of the 13 months had 30 days.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th. Three 30-day months ran back to back, from month 10 to month 12.
Festival dates in the 1982 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Mon, Feb 8, 1982 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Fri, Jun 25, 1982 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Wed, Aug 25, 1982 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Thu, Sep 2, 1982 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Fri, Oct 1, 1982 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Mon, Oct 25, 1982 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Wed, Dec 22, 1982 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Fri, Jan 21, 1983 |
At the Lantern Festival on February 8 the year's first full moon came that same day, at 3:57 PM Beijing time. The true full moon came two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 9:08 AM Beijing time on October 3 — lunar day 17.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1982
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 thirteen of the 110 new years in the table fall earlier in the calendar than January 25. Three other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1970 began on February 6; twelve years later, 1994 began on February 10 — both marked in lavender with the other Dog years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1982: Zodiac Year of the Water Dog.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1982/
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