2003 — Year of the Goat 羊 癸未

2003 is the year of the Goat 羊 — year pillar 癸未, Yin Water. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2003-02-04 14:05:36 · CNY 2003-02-01 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2003

In 2003, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (2003-02-01) and Lichun 立春 3 days later (2003-02-04). Anyone born inside that 3-day window gets a different zodiac animal and year pillar depending on which convention their tool follows — BaZi practice switches at the exact Lichun instant (2003-02-04 14:05:36, Beijing), folk calendar practice at the new moon. This is not an edge case we gloss over — it is the single most common source of wrong zodiac years, and our engine comparison tool shows it live with three engines side by side.

Your Kua number for 2003

Born inside 2003 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2003) mod 9 = 6 → Qian 乾 · female (2003 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 9 → Li 离. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2002 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Goat (癸未) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2003-02-04 14:05:36 Beijing to the Lichun of 2004. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2003-02-01) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 3 days of 2003 — see the window note above.

Is 2003 a leap month year?

No — the lunar year 2003 has 12 months and no leap month.

What is my Kua number if I was born in 2003?

For births after Lichun: male 6 (乾), female 9 (离). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2002 and use that year in the formula — most online calculators get early-February birthdays wrong here.

Tools for this year

All 24 solar terms of 2003 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2003-02-01) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Goat years