2023 / Chinese zodiac
2023 Chinese Zodiac: Water Rabbit
2023 is the Year of the Water Rabbit. It begins on January 22, 2023 and ends on February 9, 2024. If you were born before January 22, 2023, your sign is the Water Tiger.
01 / Check the boundary
What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2023?
Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2023. 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.
| Gregorian birthday | Animal & year element |
|---|---|
| – | Water Tiger 虎 |
| – | Water Rabbit 兔 |
The full 2023 lunar year continues into 2024, through February 9, 2024. A birthday on January 21, 2023 belongs to the Tiger; a birthday one day later, on January 22, 2023, belongs to the Rabbit.
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YOUR RESULT
02 / The story of the year
What kind of Rabbit is 2023?
2023 is a Water Rabbit year. Its stem-branch name is 癸卯 (guǐ-mǎo): the heavenly stem 癸 carries yin water, and the earthly branch 卯 corresponds to the Rabbit.
- Zodiac animal
- Rabbit · 兔
- Year element
- Water
- Stem & branch
- 癸卯 · guǐ-mǎo
- Lunar year length
- 384 days
Rabbit personality in tradition
The Rabbit is often linked with gentleness. The moon rabbit is a separate, familiar figure in Chinese folklore.
The phrase “gentle & thoughtful” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 2023. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.
我属兔。
Wǒ shǔ tù. “I was born in the Year of the Rabbit.”
Rabbit compatibility in folklore
Rabbit, Goat and Pig form a traditional harmony group of three. Rooster sits opposite Rabbit, 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
2023 lunar calendar at a glance
This Rabbit year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 2 repeats as a leap month, starting March 22, 2023. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 2024.
| Lunar month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 29 | ||
| Month 2 | 30 | ||
| Leap month 2 | 29 | ||
| Month 3 | 29 | ||
| Month 4 | 30 | ||
| Month 5 | 30 | ||
| Month 6 | 29 | ||
| Month 7 | 30 | ||
| Month 8 | 30 | ||
| Month 9 | 29 | ||
| Month 10 | 30 | ||
| Month 11 | 29 | ||
| Month 12 | 30 |
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.