2028: Year of the Earth Monkey

When does 2028 begin?

• Chinese New Year (the lunar calendar): January 26, 2028.
• BaZi (the solar calendar this page uses): the Start of Spring, February 4, 2028, 3:31 p.m. Beijing time — 2:31 a.m. on February 4 Eastern, 11:31 p.m. on February 3 Pacific.

Anyone born between those two dates falls in different years under the two calendars: already the year of the Monkey by the lunar calendar, but still the year of the Goat in BaZi.

The Heavenly Stem: 戊 (Earth)

Yang Earth is the mountain — steady, dependable, and slow to change position once it's found solid ground.

The Earthly Branch: 申 — Year of the Monkey

The Monkey is clever and versatile — quick to find a workaround and genuinely enjoys the puzzle of figuring one out.

Which years are Monkey years?

1932 Water1944 Wood1956 Fire1968 Earth1980 Metal1992 Water2004 Wood2016 Fire2028 Earth

Born in January or early February? In BaZi each of these years begins at the Start of Spring, around February 4. Born before it, you belong to the year before.

What 2028 holds in the sky

Computed from the same ephemeris as the charts: every date below is a position, not a prediction, and can be checked against any astronomical almanac.

Eclipses

• January 12Lunar eclipse
• January 26Solar eclipse
• July 6Lunar eclipse
• July 22Solar eclipse
• December 31Lunar eclipse

Retrogrades

• January 24 – February 14Mercury retrograde
• May 10 – June 22Venus retrograde
• May 21 – June 14Mercury retrograde
• September 19 – October 11Mercury retrograde

Slow planets changing sign

• April 13Saturn enters Taurus
• August 24Jupiter enters Libra