1968: Year of the Earth Monkey
The 1968 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Earth Monkey, and it runs from 30 January 1968 to 16 February 1969 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Monkey 猴
- Element and polarity
- Yang Earth
- Gan-Zhi
- Wu Shen 戊申
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1968, a person turns 58 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1968? You may be Goat, not Monkey
Chinese New Year 1968 fell on 30 January 1968. Anyone born between 1 January 1968 and 29 January 1968 — a window of 29 days — belongs to the 1967 zodiac year, the Yin Fire Goat, and not to the Monkey.
Check an exact birth date against the 30 January 1968 boundary.
Exact 1968 zodiac year dates
The 1968 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 1968
| Monkey year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Yang Water Monkey | 6 February 1932 |
| 1944 | Yang Wood Monkey | 25 January 1944 |
| 1956 | Yang Fire Monkey | 12 February 1956 |
| 1980 | Yang Metal Monkey | 16 February 1980 |
| 1992 | Yang Water Monkey | 4 February 1992 |
| 2004 | Yang Wood Monkey | 22 January 2004 |
The exact pairing 戊申 — Yang Earth Monkey — returns only once every sixty years: 1908, 2028, 2088.