2028: Year of the Earth Monkey
The 2028 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Earth Monkey, and it runs from 26 January 2028 to 12 February 2029 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Monkey 猴
- Element and polarity
- Yang Earth
- Gan-Zhi
- Wu Shen 戊申
- Age this zodiac year
- 2 years from now
Born early in 2028? You may be Goat, not Monkey
Chinese New Year 2028 fell on 26 January 2028. Anyone born between 1 January 2028 and 25 January 2028 — a window of 25 days — belongs to the 2027 zodiac year, the Yin Fire Goat, and not to the Monkey.
Check an exact birth date against the 26 January 2028 boundary.
Exact 2028 zodiac year dates
The 2028 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 2028
| Monkey year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Yang Water Monkey | 4 February 1992 |
| 2004 | Yang Wood Monkey | 22 January 2004 |
| 2016 | Yang Fire Monkey | 8 February 2016 |
| 2040 | Yang Metal Monkey | 12 February 2040 |
| 2052 | Yang Water Monkey | 1 February 2052 |
| 2064 | Yang Wood Monkey | 17 February 2064 |
The exact pairing 戊申 — Yang Earth Monkey — returns only once every sixty years: 1908, 1968, 2088.