Began January 23, 1993 · 383 days long
1993: year of the Water Rooster
The Rooster year started on January 23, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1993 before that date is a Monkey.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 22, 1993 6:27 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 2:27 AM Sat, Jan 23 · sets the date
- Year of the Rooster
- 383 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 10, 1994 2:30 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1993: the new moon in your city
The Water Rooster year opened with the new moon at 6:27 PM UTC on January 22, 1993 — 2:27 AM on January 23 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 1:27 PM on January 22 in New York, 6:27 PM on January 22 in London and 5:27 AM on January 23 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Fri, Jan 22, 1993 |
| Honolulu United States | 8:27 AM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 9:27 AM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 10:27 AM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 11:27 AM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 11:27 AM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 12:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 12:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 1:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 1:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 2:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−4 |
| Lima Peru | 1:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 2:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 3:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 4:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−2 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 4:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 6:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 6:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 7:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 7:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 7:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 8:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 8:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 8:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 8:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 9:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 9:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 9:57 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 10:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 11:27 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 11:57 PM Fri, Jan 22, 1993 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 12:12 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 12:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 1:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 1:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 2:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 2:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 2:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 2:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 3:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 3:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 4:57 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 4:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 5:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 7:27 AM Sat, Jan 23, 1993 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1993 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 23, 1993 through February 9, 1994 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
1993 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.
1993 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, 1993 and February 4, 1994, Beijing time. The Rooster year spans January 23, 1993 to February 9, 1994, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1993 Rooster
The 酉 branch puts a 1993 Rooster opposite the Rabbit on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Rabbit year after it was 1999. Its harmony partner is the Dragon, whose year came round 7 years later, in 2000. How the Rooster and Rabbit get on →
Roosters born in 1993 turn 33 in 2026 — 34 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1993
- Born January 1 – January 22, 1993: a Water Monkey, the animal of 1992.
- Born January 23, 1993 or later in the year: a Water Rooster.
Only the first 22 days of 1993 belong to the Monkey, yet a year-only calculator still calls them Roosters. Those dates hold 5.8% 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 1993
Why 383 days, and not 365
1993 repeated its third month: the leap month 闰三月 ran from April 22 to May 20 and stretched the year to 383 days. Six of the 13 months had 30 days.
The 30-day months were the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th and 11th.
Festival dates in the 1993 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Sat, Feb 6, 1993 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Thu, Jun 24, 1993 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Tue, Aug 24, 1993 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Wed, Sep 1, 1993 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Thu, Sep 30, 1993 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Sat, Oct 23, 1993 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Wed, Dec 22, 1993 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Wed, Jan 19, 1994 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 7:55 AM on February 7, the day after the Lantern Festival. The festival night of September 30 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 2:53 AM Beijing time on October 1 — 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 1993
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 four of the 110 new years in the table fall earlier in the calendar than January 23. Four other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1981 began on February 5; twelve years later, 2005 began on February 9 — both marked in lavender with the other Rooster years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1993: Zodiac Year of the Water Rooster.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1993/
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