1992 Chinese Zodiac: Water Monkey

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1992?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1992. 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.

1992 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1992 – February 3, 1992	Metal Goat 羊
February 4, 1992 – December 31, 1992	Water Monkey 猴

The full 1992 lunar year continues into 1993, through January 22, 1993. A birthday on February 3, 1992 belongs to the Goat; a birthday one day later, on February 4, 1992, belongs to the Monkey.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Monkey is 1992?

1992 is a Water Monkey year. Its stem-branch name is 壬申 (rén-shēn): the heavenly stem 壬 carries yang water, and the earthly branch 申 corresponds to the Monkey.

Zodiac animal: Monkey · 猴
Year element: Water
Stem & branch: 壬申 · rén-shēn
Lunar year length: 354 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 1992. 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

1992 lunar calendar at a glance

This Monkey year contains 12 lunar months and 354 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1993.

Lunar months of 1992: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 4, 1992	March 3, 1992	29
Month 2	March 4, 1992	April 2, 1992	30
Month 3	April 3, 1992	May 2, 1992	30
Month 4	May 3, 1992	May 31, 1992	29
Month 5	June 1, 1992	June 29, 1992	29
Month 6	June 30, 1992	July 29, 1992	30
Month 7	July 30, 1992	August 27, 1992	29
Month 8	August 28, 1992	September 25, 1992	29
Month 9	September 26, 1992	October 25, 1992	30
Month 10	October 26, 1992	November 23, 1992	29
Month 11	November 24, 1992	December 23, 1992	30
Month 12	December 24, 1992	January 22, 1993	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Monkey

The Monkey returns every 12 years; the same Water 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 1944Wood Monkey 1956Fire Monkey 1968Earth Monkey 1980Metal 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.