Monkey strengths in tradition
- Clever and inventive
- Curious and quick to learn
- Playful and good company
- Versatile problem-solver
2028 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Earth Monkey
The 2028 Chinese year will run from Wednesday 26 January 2028 to Monday 12 February 2029.
Its sign is the Yang Earth Monkey: 戊申 (Wù-shēn) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–25 January 2028? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Fire Goat of 2027.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 26 January – 3 February 2028: Earth Monkey by Chinese New Year, Fire Goat by Lichun.
- 4 February 2028 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Fire Goat before 15:31 China time and Earth Monkey from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Monkey.
- 3 February 2029 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Earth Monkey before 21:20 China time and Earth Rooster from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Monkey.
- 4–12 February 2029: Earth Monkey by Chinese New Year, Earth Rooster by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology
An Earth Monkey is described as steadier and more reliable, with a calm mind and a strong sense of fairness.
The Monkey is the ninth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with cleverness, curiosity and a playful, inventive mind. Earth is the element of stability and balance, linked in Chinese tradition with the turning points between the seasons.
Monkey challenges in tradition
- Easily bored
- Can be mischievous
- Overconfident at times
- Restless and hard to pin down
Traditions, not predictions. The Monkey in love and at work · The five elements
Other Monkey years
The Earth Monkey every 60 years
← 2027 Fire Goat · 2029 Earth Rooster → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2028?
2028 is the Year of the Earth Monkey (yang Earth, 戊申 Wù-shēn), from 26 January 2028 to 12 February 2029. Anyone born 1–25 January 2028 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Fire Goat.
What element is 2028 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 戊 (Wù). Earth years are years ending in 8 or 9 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 2028 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 26 January 2028, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Fire Goat of the 2027 Chinese year; from 26 January 2028 on, it is the Earth Monkey. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2028, 15:31 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2028?
On Wednesday 26 January 2028 (China time). The next one, on Tuesday 13 February 2029, begins the Year of the Earth Rooster.