Began February 4, 1992 · 354 days long
1992: year of the Water Monkey
The Monkey year started on February 4, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1992 before that date is a Goat.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 3, 1992 7:00 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 3:00 AM Tue, Feb 4 · sets the date
- Year of the Monkey
- 354 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 22, 1993 6:27 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1992: the new moon in your city
The Water Monkey year opened with the new moon at 7:00 PM UTC on February 3, 1992 — 3:00 AM on February 4 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 2:00 PM on February 3 in New York, 7:00 PM on February 3 in London and 6:00 AM on February 4 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Mon, Feb 3, 1992 |
| Honolulu United States | 9:00 AM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 10:00 AM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 11:00 AM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 12:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 12:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 1:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 1:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 2:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 2:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 2:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 2:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 3:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 4:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 5:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−2 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 5:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 7:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 7:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 8:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 8:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 8:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 9:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 9:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 9:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 9:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 10:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 10:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 10:30 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 11:00 PM Mon, Feb 3, 1992 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 12:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 12:30 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 12:45 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 1:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 2:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 2:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 3:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 3:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 3:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 4:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+9 |
| Seoul South Korea | 4:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 4:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 5:30 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 6:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+11 |
| Sydney Australia | 6:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 8:00 AM Tue, Feb 4, 1992 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1992 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 4, 1992 through January 22, 1993 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
1992 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.
1992 therefore carries water from its stem and metal from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
An ordinary single-spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1992 and February 4, 1993, Beijing time. The Monkey year spans February 4, 1992 to January 22, 1993, so exactly one of them sits inside it. What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1992 Monkey
The 申 branch puts a 1992 Monkey opposite the Tiger on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Tiger year after it was 1998. Its harmony partner is the Snake, whose year came round 9 years later, in 2001. How the Monkey and Tiger get on →
Monkeys born in 1992 turn 34 in 2026 — 35 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1992
- Born January 1 – February 3, 1992: a Metal Goat, the animal of 1991.
- Born February 4, 1992 or later in the year: a Water Monkey.
A year-only calculator mislabels 34 days of 1992, everything from January 1 to February 3. Roughly one US birth in 11 falls on those dates — 9.0% 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 1992
Why 354 days, and not 365
No leap month this time: from February 4, 1992 to January 22, 1993, 1992 ran twelve months, six of 30 days and six of 29 — 354 days.
The 30-day months were the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 9th, 11th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 1992 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Tue, Feb 18, 1992 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Fri, Jun 5, 1992 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Wed, Aug 5, 1992 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Thu, Aug 13, 1992 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Fri, Sep 11, 1992 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Sun, Oct 4, 1992 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Mon, Dec 21, 1992 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Thu, Dec 31, 1992 |
At the Lantern Festival on February 18 the year's first full moon came that same day, at 4:04 PM Beijing time. The festival night of September 11 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 10:16 AM Beijing time on September 12 — lunar day 16.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1992
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, 1992 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 50 fall earlier in the calendar and 58 later. One other year shares the date. Twelve years earlier, 1980 began on February 16; twelve years later, 2004 began on January 22 — both marked in lavender with the other Monkey years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1992: Zodiac Year of the Water Monkey.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1992/
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