Began February 6, 1932 · 355 days long
1932: year of the Water Monkey
The Monkey year started on February 6, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1932 before that date is a Goat.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 6, 1932 2:46 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 10:46 PM Sat, Feb 6 · sets the date
- Year of the Monkey
- 355 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 25, 1933 11:20 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1932: the new moon in your city
The Water Monkey year opened with the new moon at 2:46 PM UTC on February 6, 1932 — 10:46 PM on February 6 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 9:46 AM on February 6 in New York, 2:46 PM on February 6 in London and 12:46 AM on February 7 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Sat, Feb 6, 1932 |
| Honolulu United States | 4:16 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 4:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 6:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 7:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 7:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 8:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 7:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−7 |
| New York United States | 9:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 9:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 9:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 9:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 10:16 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 10:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 11:46 AM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 12:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 1:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 2:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 3:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 2:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC |
| Berlin Germany | 3:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 4:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 4:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 4:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 4:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 5:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 5:16 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+2:30 |
| Tehran Iran | 6:11 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+3:25 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 6:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 8:16 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 8:16 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 8:16 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 8:39 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+5:53 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 9:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 10:06 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+7:20 |
| Singapore | 9:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+7 |
| Beijing China | 10:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 10:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 10:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 11:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 11:46 PM Sat, Feb 6, 1932 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 12:16 AM Sun, Feb 7, 1932 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 12:46 AM Sun, Feb 7, 1932 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 12:46 AM Sun, Feb 7, 1932 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 2:46 AM Sun, Feb 7, 1932 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1932 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Water Monkey personality
Anyone born from February 6, 1932 through January 25, 1933 is a Water Monkey: the yang water stem 壬 over the 申 branch.
The Monkey's own Metal feeds Water here, which drains as much as it gives: productive, but inclined to spend itself. Water brings adaptability, perception and diplomacy — traditionally the most intuitive version, and the most easily influenced.
Stem and branch
1932 is 壬申 (Rénshēn)
Na yin — the sounding element
Gold of the Sword Blade 劍鋒金
Metal at its sharpest and most refined. Traditionally the strongest of the metal images: decisiveness, precision and an edge that can protect or wound depending on how it is used.
1932 therefore carries water from its stem and metal from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A "blind" year with no spring
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 5, 1932 and February 4, 1933, Beijing time. The Monkey year spans February 6, 1932 to January 25, 1933, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1932 Monkey
The 申 branch puts a 1932 Monkey opposite the Tiger on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Tiger year after it was 1938. Its harmony partner is the Snake, whose year came round 9 years later, in 1941. How the Monkey and Tiger get on →
Monkeys born in 1932 turn 94 in 2026 — 95 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1932
- Born January 1 – February 5, 1932: a Metal Goat, the animal of 1931.
- Born February 6, 1932 or later in the year: a Water Monkey.
A year-only calculator mislabels 36 days of 1932, everything from January 1 to February 5. Roughly one US birth in 11 falls on those dates — 9.5% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Monkey across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Monkey.
The lunar calendar of 1932
Why 355 days, and not 365
No month was doubled in 1932, so the year ended on January 25, 1933 after twelve months — seven long ones of 30 days and five short ones of 29, 355 days in all.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th and 12th. Three 30-day months ran back to back, from month 1 to month 3.
Festival dates in the 1932 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Sat, Feb 20, 1932 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Wed, Jun 8, 1932 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Mon, Aug 8, 1932 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Tue, Aug 16, 1932 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Thu, Sep 15, 1932 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Sat, Oct 8, 1932 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Thu, Dec 22, 1932 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Tue, Jan 3, 1933 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 10:07 AM on February 22, two days after the Lantern Festival. This time the calendar and the sky agreed: the Moon was exactly full on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 5:05 AM Beijing time on September 15.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1932
Lengths differ because a leap month is inserted every two or three years. This is what makes the new year date jump rather than drift.
By date, 1932 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 58 fall earlier in the calendar and 47 later. Four other years share the date. Twelve years later, 1944 began on January 25 — marked in lavender with the other Monkey years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1932: Zodiac Year of the Water Monkey.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1932/
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