1944 Chinese Zodiac: Wood Monkey

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1944?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1944. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

1944 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1944 – January 24, 1944	Water Goat 羊
January 25, 1944 – December 31, 1944	Wood Monkey 猴

The full 1944 lunar year continues into 1945, through February 12, 1945. A birthday on January 24, 1944 belongs to the Goat; a birthday one day later, on January 25, 1944, belongs to the Monkey.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Monkey is 1944?

1944 is a Wood Monkey year. Its stem-branch name is 甲申 (jiǎ-shēn): the heavenly stem 甲 carries yang wood, and the earthly branch 申 corresponds to the Monkey.

Zodiac animal: Monkey · 猴
Year element: Wood
Stem & branch: 甲申 · jiǎ-shēn
Lunar year length: 385 days

Monkey personality in tradition

The Monkey is often associated with cleverness and playfulness, familiar qualities in Chinese storytelling.

The phrase “curious & inventive” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1944. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属猴。

Wǒ shǔ hóu. “I was born in the Year of the Monkey.”

Monkey compatibility in folklore

Monkey, Rat and Dragon form a traditional harmony group of three. Tiger sits opposite Monkey, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

Explore traditional pairings →

03 / A closer look at the dates

1944 lunar calendar at a glance

This Monkey year contains 13 lunar months and 385 days. Month 4 repeats as a leap month, starting May 22, 1944. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1945.

Lunar months of 1944: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 25, 1944	February 23, 1944	30
Month 2	February 24, 1944	March 23, 1944	29
Month 3	March 24, 1944	April 22, 1944	30
Month 4	April 23, 1944	May 21, 1944	29
Leap month 4	May 22, 1944	June 20, 1944	30
Month 5	June 21, 1944	July 19, 1944	29
Month 6	July 20, 1944	August 18, 1944	30
Month 7	August 19, 1944	September 16, 1944	29
Month 8	September 17, 1944	October 16, 1944	30
Month 9	October 17, 1944	November 15, 1944	30
Month 10	November 16, 1944	December 14, 1944	29
Month 11	December 15, 1944	January 13, 1945	30
Month 12	January 14, 1945	February 12, 1945	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Monkey

The Monkey returns every 12 years; the same Wood Monkey combination returns every 60. These are the other Monkey years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1908Earth Monkey 1920Metal Monkey 1932Water Monkey 1956Fire Monkey 1968Earth Monkey 1980Metal Monkey 1992Water Monkey 2004Wood Monkey 2016Fire Monkey 2028Earth Monkey 2040Metal Monkey 2052Water Monkey 2064Wood Monkey 2076Fire Monkey 2088Earth Monkey 2100Metal Monkey

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.