1944: Year of the Wood Monkey
The 1944 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Wood Monkey, and it runs from 25 January 1944 to 12 February 1945 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Monkey 猴
- Element and polarity
- Yang Wood
- Gan-Zhi
- Jia Shen 甲申
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1944, a person turns 82 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1944? You may be Goat, not Monkey
Chinese New Year 1944 fell on 25 January 1944. Anyone born between 1 January 1944 and 24 January 1944 — a window of 24 days — belongs to the 1943 zodiac year, the Yin Water Goat, and not to the Monkey.
Check an exact birth date against the 25 January 1944 boundary.
Exact 1944 zodiac year dates
The 1944 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 385 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Monkey years around 1944
| Monkey year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Yang Earth Monkey | 2 February 1908 |
| 1920 | Yang Metal Monkey | 20 February 1920 |
| 1932 | Yang Water Monkey | 6 February 1932 |
| 1956 | Yang Fire Monkey | 12 February 1956 |
| 1968 | Yang Earth Monkey | 30 January 1968 |
| 1980 | Yang Metal Monkey | 16 February 1980 |
The exact pairing 甲申 — Yang Wood Monkey — returns only once every sixty years: 2004, 2064.