1956: Year of the Fire Monkey
The 1956 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Fire Monkey, and it runs from 12 February 1956 to 30 January 1957 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Monkey 猴
- Element and polarity
- Yang Fire
- Gan-Zhi
- Bing Shen 丙申
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1956, a person turns 70 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1956? You may be Goat, not Monkey
Chinese New Year 1956 fell on 12 February 1956. Anyone born between 1 January 1956 and 11 February 1956 — a window of 42 days — belongs to the 1955 zodiac year, the Yin Wood Goat, and not to the Monkey.
Check an exact birth date against the 12 February 1956 boundary.
Exact 1956 zodiac year dates
The 1956 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Monkey years around 1956
| Monkey year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Yang Metal Monkey | 20 February 1920 |
| 1932 | Yang Water Monkey | 6 February 1932 |
| 1944 | Yang Wood Monkey | 25 January 1944 |
| 1968 | Yang Earth Monkey | 30 January 1968 |
| 1980 | Yang Metal Monkey | 16 February 1980 |
| 1992 | Yang Water Monkey | 4 February 1992 |
The exact pairing 丙申 — Yang Fire Monkey — returns only once every sixty years: 2016, 2076.