2028 Chinese Zodiac: Earth Monkey

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2028?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2028. 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.

2028 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 2028 – January 25, 2028	Fire Goat 羊
January 26, 2028 – December 31, 2028	Earth Monkey 猴

The full 2028 lunar year continues into 2029, through February 12, 2029. A birthday on January 25, 2028 belongs to the Goat; a birthday one day later, on January 26, 2028, belongs to the Monkey.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Monkey is 2028?

2028 is a Earth Monkey year. Its stem-branch name is 戊申 (wù-shēn): the heavenly stem 戊 carries yang earth, and the earthly branch 申 corresponds to the Monkey.

Zodiac animal: Monkey · 猴
Year element: Earth
Stem & branch: 戊申 · wù-shēn
Lunar year length: 384 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 2028. 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.

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03 / A closer look at the dates

2028 lunar calendar at a glance

This Monkey year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 5 repeats as a leap month, starting June 23, 2028. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 2029.

Lunar months of 2028: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 26, 2028	February 24, 2028	30
Month 2	February 25, 2028	March 25, 2028	30
Month 3	March 26, 2028	April 24, 2028	30
Month 4	April 25, 2028	May 23, 2028	29
Month 5	May 24, 2028	June 22, 2028	30
Leap month 5	June 23, 2028	July 21, 2028	29
Month 6	July 22, 2028	August 19, 2028	29
Month 7	August 20, 2028	September 18, 2028	30
Month 8	September 19, 2028	October 17, 2028	29
Month 9	October 18, 2028	November 15, 2028	29
Month 10	November 16, 2028	December 15, 2028	30
Month 11	December 16, 2028	January 14, 2029	30
Month 12	January 15, 2029	February 12, 2029	29

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Monkey

The Monkey returns every 12 years; the same Earth 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 1992Water Monkey 2004Wood Monkey 2016Fire 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.