2040 Chinese Zodiac: Metal Monkey

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2040?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2040. 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.

2040 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 2040 – February 11, 2040	Earth Goat 羊
February 12, 2040 – December 31, 2040	Metal Monkey 猴

The full 2040 lunar year continues into 2041, through January 31, 2041. A birthday on February 11, 2040 belongs to the Goat; a birthday one day later, on February 12, 2040, belongs to the Monkey.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Monkey is 2040?

2040 is a Metal Monkey year. Its stem-branch name is 庚申 (gēng-shēn): the heavenly stem 庚 carries yang metal, and the earthly branch 申 corresponds to the Monkey.

Zodiac animal: Monkey · 猴
Year element: Metal
Stem & branch: 庚申 · gēng-shēn
Lunar year length: 355 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 2040. 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

2040 lunar calendar at a glance

This Monkey year contains 12 lunar months and 355 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 2041.

Lunar months of 2040: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 12, 2040	March 12, 2040	30
Month 2	March 13, 2040	April 10, 2040	29
Month 3	April 11, 2040	May 10, 2040	30
Month 4	May 11, 2040	June 9, 2040	30
Month 5	June 10, 2040	July 8, 2040	29
Month 6	July 9, 2040	August 7, 2040	30
Month 7	August 8, 2040	September 5, 2040	29
Month 8	September 6, 2040	October 5, 2040	30
Month 9	October 6, 2040	November 4, 2040	30
Month 10	November 5, 2040	December 3, 2040	29
Month 11	December 4, 2040	January 2, 2041	30
Month 12	January 3, 2041	January 31, 2041	29

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Monkey

The Monkey returns every 12 years; the same Metal 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 2028Earth 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.