1922 Chinese Zodiac: Water Dog

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1922?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1922. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

1922 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1922 – January 27, 1922	Metal Rooster 鸡
January 28, 1922 – December 31, 1922	Water Dog 狗

The full 1922 lunar year continues into 1923, through February 15, 1923. A birthday on January 27, 1922 belongs to the Rooster; a birthday one day later, on January 28, 1922, belongs to the Dog.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Dog is 1922?

1922 is a Water Dog year. Its stem-branch name is 壬戌 (rén-xū): the heavenly stem 壬 carries yang water, and the earthly branch 戌 corresponds to the Dog.

Zodiac animal: Dog · 狗
Year element: Water
Stem & branch: 壬戌 · rén-xū
Lunar year length: 384 days

Dog personality in tradition

The Dog commonly symbolizes loyalty and companionship in popular accounts of the zodiac.

The phrase “loyal & sincere” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1922. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属狗。

Wǒ shǔ gǒu. “I was born in the Year of the Dog.”

Dog compatibility in folklore

Dog, Tiger and Horse form a traditional harmony group of three. Dragon sits opposite Dog, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

Explore traditional pairings →

03 / A closer look at the dates

1922 lunar calendar at a glance

This Dog year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 5 repeats as a leap month, starting June 25, 1922. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1923.

Lunar months of 1922: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 28, 1922	February 26, 1922	30
Month 2	February 27, 1922	March 27, 1922	29
Month 3	March 28, 1922	April 26, 1922	30
Month 4	April 27, 1922	May 26, 1922	30
Month 5	May 27, 1922	June 24, 1922	29
Leap month 5	June 25, 1922	July 23, 1922	29
Month 6	July 24, 1922	August 22, 1922	30
Month 7	August 23, 1922	September 20, 1922	29
Month 8	September 21, 1922	October 19, 1922	29
Month 9	October 20, 1922	November 18, 1922	30
Month 10	November 19, 1922	December 17, 1922	29
Month 11	December 18, 1922	January 16, 1923	30
Month 12	January 17, 1923	February 15, 1923	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Dog

The Dog returns every 12 years; the same Water Dog combination returns every 60. These are the other Dog years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1910Metal Dog 1934Wood Dog 1946Fire Dog 1958Earth Dog 1970Metal Dog 1982Water Dog 1994Wood Dog 2006Fire Dog 2018Earth Dog 2030Metal Dog 2042Water Dog 2054Wood Dog 2066Fire Dog 2078Earth Dog 2090Metal Dog

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.