2004: Year of the Wood Monkey
The 2004 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Wood Monkey, and it runs from 22 January 2004 to 8 February 2005 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Monkey 猴
- Element and polarity
- Yang Wood
- Gan-Zhi
- Jia Shen 甲申
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2004, a person turns 22 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2004? You may be Goat, not Monkey
Chinese New Year 2004 fell on 22 January 2004. Anyone born between 1 January 2004 and 21 January 2004 — a window of 21 days — belongs to the 2003 zodiac year, the Yin Water Goat, and not to the Monkey.
Check an exact birth date against the 22 January 2004 boundary.
Exact 2004 zodiac year dates
The 2004 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Monkey years around 2004
| Monkey year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Yang Earth Monkey | 30 January 1968 |
| 1980 | Yang Metal Monkey | 16 February 1980 |
| 1992 | Yang Water Monkey | 4 February 1992 |
| 2016 | Yang Fire Monkey | 8 February 2016 |
| 2028 | Yang Earth Monkey | 26 January 2028 |
| 2040 | Yang Metal Monkey | 12 February 2040 |
The exact pairing 甲申 — Yang Wood Monkey — returns only once every sixty years: 1944, 2064.