Begins January 31, 2033
2033: year of the Water Ox
The Ox year starts on January 31, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 2033 before that date is a Rat.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 30, 2033 10:00 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 6:00 AM Mon, Jan 31 · sets the date
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 2033: the new moon in your city
The Water Ox year opens with the new moon at 10:00 PM UTC on January 30, 2033 — 6:00 AM on January 31 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 5:00 PM on January 30 in New York, 10:00 PM on January 30 in London and 9:00 AM on January 31 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Sun, Jan 30, 2033 |
| Honolulu United States | 12:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 1:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 2:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 3:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 3:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 4:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 4:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 5:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 5:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 5:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 5:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 6:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 7:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 7:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 7:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 10:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 10:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 11:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 11:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 11:00 PM Sun, Jan 30, 2033 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 12:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 12:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 12:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 1:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 1:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 1:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 1:30 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 2:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 3:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 3:30 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 3:45 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 4:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 5:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 5:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 6:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 6:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 6:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 6:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 7:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 7:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 8:30 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 8:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 9:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 11:00 AM Mon, Jan 31, 2033 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 2033 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Water Ox personality
The Ox'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
2033 is 癸丑 (Guǐchǒu)
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.
2033 therefore carries water from its stem and wood from its na yin. What na yin is →
Who clashes with a 2033 Ox
The 丑 branch puts a 2033 Ox opposite the Goat on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Goat year after it is 2039. Its harmony partner is the Rat, due 11 years later, in 2044. How the Ox and Goat get on →
If you were born in 2033
- Born January 1 – January 30, 2033: a Water Rat, the animal of 2032.
- Born January 31, 2033 or later in the year: a Water Ox.
A year-only calculator mislabels 30 days of 2033, everything from January 1 to January 30. Roughly one US birth in 13 falls on those dates — 7.9% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Ox across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Ox.
The lunar calendar of 2033
Why 384 days, and not 365
2033 repeats its eleventh month: the leap month 闰十一月 runs from December 22, 2033 to January 19, 2034 and stretches the year to 384 days. Seven of the 13 months have 30 days.
The 30-day months are the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. Three 30-day months run back to back, from month 9 to month 11.
Festival dates in the 2033 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Mon, Feb 14, 2033 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Wed, Jun 1, 2033 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Mon, Aug 1, 2033 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Tue, Aug 9, 2033 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Thu, Sep 8, 2033 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Sat, Oct 1, 2033 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Wed, Dec 21, 2033 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Fri, Jan 27, 2034 |
At the Lantern Festival on February 14 the year's first full moon comes that same day, at 3:04 PM Beijing time. The festival night of September 8 falls a day before the true full moon, which comes at 10:20 AM Beijing time on September 9 — 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 2033
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, 2033 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 34 fall earlier in the calendar and 70 later. Five other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 2021 began on February 12 — marked in lavender with the other Ox years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 2033: Zodiac Year of the Water Ox.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/2033/
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