Begins February 11, 2032 · 355 days long
2032: year of the Water Rat
The Rat year starts on February 11, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 2032 before that date is a Pig.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 11, 2032 6:24 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 2:24 PM Wed, Feb 11 · sets the date
- Year of the Rat
- 355 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 30, 2033 10:00 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 2032: the new moon in your city
The Water Rat year opens with the new moon at 6:24 AM UTC on February 11, 2032 — 2:24 PM on February 11 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 1:24 AM on February 11 in New York, 6:24 AM on February 11 in London and 5:24 PM on February 11 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Wed, Feb 11, 2032 |
| Honolulu United States | 8:24 PM Tue, Feb 10, 2032 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 9:24 PM Tue, Feb 10, 2032 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 10:24 PM Tue, Feb 10, 2032 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 11:24 PM Tue, Feb 10, 2032 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 11:24 PM Tue, Feb 10, 2032 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 12:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 12:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 1:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 1:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 1:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 1:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 2:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 3:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 3:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 3:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 6:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 6:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 7:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 7:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 7:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 8:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 8:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 8:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 9:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 9:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 9:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 9:54 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 10:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 11:24 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 11:54 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 12:09 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 12:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 1:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 1:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 2:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 2:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 2:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 2:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 3:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 3:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 4:54 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 4:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 5:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 7:24 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2032 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 2032 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Water Rat personality
Anyone born from February 11, 2032 through January 30, 2033 is a Water Rat: the yang water stem 壬 over the 子 branch.
Water is already the Rat's own element, so here it is doubled and everything typical of the sign runs at full strength. Of the five Rats this is the most adaptable, and the least inclined to compromise.
Stem and branch
2032 is 壬子 (Rénzǐ)
Na yin — the sounding element
Mulberry Wood 桑柘木
The mulberry, whose leaves feed silkworms. The image is quiet productivity: a plant valued not for itself but for what it makes possible for others.
2032 therefore carries water from its stem and wood 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, 2032 and February 3, 2033, Beijing time. The Rat year spans February 11, 2032 to January 30, 2033, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 2032 Rat
The 子 branch puts a 2032 Rat opposite the Horse on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Horse year after it is 2038. Its harmony partner is the Ox, whose year follows straight after, in 2033. How the Rat and Horse get on →
If you were born in 2032
- Born January 1 – February 10, 2032: a Metal Pig, the animal of 2031.
- Born February 11, 2032 or later in the year: a Water Rat.
This is one of the late new years: 41 days, from New Year's Day to February 10, still belong to the Pig. That is about one US birth in 9 (10.8%, SSA records 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Rat across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Rat.
The lunar calendar of 2032
Why 355 days, and not 365
No month is doubled in 2032, so the year ends on January 30, 2033 after twelve months — seven long ones of 30 days and five short ones of 29, 355 days in all.
The 30-day months are the 1st, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 2032 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Wed, Feb 25, 2032 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Sat, Jun 12, 2032 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Thu, Aug 12, 2032 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Fri, Aug 20, 2032 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Sun, Sep 19, 2032 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Tue, Oct 12, 2032 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Tue, Dec 21, 2032 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Sat, Jan 8, 2033 |
The year's first full moon arrives at 3:43 PM on February 26, the day after the Lantern Festival. This time the calendar and the sky agree: the Moon is exactly full on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 5:30 PM Beijing time on September 19.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 2032
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 30 of the 110 new years in the table fall later in the calendar than February 11. Two other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 2020 began on January 25 — marked in lavender with the other Rat years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 2032: Zodiac Year of the Water Rat.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/2032/
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