1992: Year of the Water Monkey
The 1992 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Water Monkey, and it runs from 4 February 1992 to 22 January 1993 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Monkey 猴
- Element and polarity
- Yang Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Ren Shen 壬申
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1992, a person turns 34 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1992? You may be Goat, not Monkey
Chinese New Year 1992 fell on 4 February 1992. Anyone born between 1 January 1992 and 3 February 1992 — a window of 34 days — belongs to the 1991 zodiac year, the Yin Metal Goat, and not to the Monkey.
Check an exact birth date against the 4 February 1992 boundary.
Exact 1992 zodiac year dates
The 1992 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Monkey years around 1992
| Monkey year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Yang Fire Monkey | 12 February 1956 |
| 1968 | Yang Earth Monkey | 30 January 1968 |
| 1980 | Yang Metal Monkey | 16 February 1980 |
| 2004 | Yang Wood Monkey | 22 January 2004 |
| 2016 | Yang Fire Monkey | 8 February 2016 |
| 2028 | Yang Earth Monkey | 26 January 2028 |
The exact pairing 壬申 — Yang Water Monkey — returns only once every sixty years: 1932, 2052.