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1992 is the year of the Water Monkey in the Chinese calendar, from 4 February 1992 to 22 January 1993: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 4 February 1992? That is still the Metal Goat year.
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354 days · Year of the Water Monkey
Sexagenary year
Metal generates Water: the year stem is Water, while theMonkey's fixed phase is Metal.
Length
354 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Once
立春 falls once, as it usually does.
Year name explained
Why Water Monkey
Metal generates Water in the Five Phases, so the Monkey’s fixed element supports the year element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Water Monkey” comes from the year's heavenly stem; it is distinct from the animal's conventional fixed phase. Read the calendar glossary.
The 12 lunar months of 1992
A lunar month begins on the day of the new moon, so its Gregorian start date moves every year. These are the exact correspondences for 1992.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 4 February 1992 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 4 March 1992 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 3 April 1992 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 3 May 1992 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 1 June 1992 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 30 June 1992 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 30 July 1992 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 28 August 1992 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 26 September 1992 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 26 October 1992 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 24 November 1992 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 24 December 1992 | 30 |
The solar year within it
24 solar terms
Solar terms track the sun rather than the moon, so they sit at almost the same Gregorian date every year while the lunar months move by weeks. A twelve-month year is about eleven days shorter than the solar year and so holds fewer of them than a thirteen-month one.
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1992 · 21:48:17 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1992 · 17:43:30 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 1992 · 15:52:08 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 1992 · 16:48:04 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明4 April 1992 · 20:45:08 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1992 · 03:56:53 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 1992 · 14:08:40 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1992 · 03:12:08 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 1992 · 18:22:19 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 1992 · 11:14:08 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1992 · 04:40:15 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑22 July 1992 · 22:08:49 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 1992 · 14:27:24 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1992 · 05:10:06 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 1992 · 17:18:20 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1992 · 02:42:46 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1992 · 08:51:29 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1992 · 11:57:07 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1992 · 11:57:02 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1992 · 09:25:51 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1992 · 04:44:12 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至21 December 1992 · 22:43:13 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 1993 · 15:56:31 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1993 · 09:22:49 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1992 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 4 February 1992lunar 1/1
- 18 February 1992lunar 1/15
- 5 June 1992lunar 5/5
- 5 August 1992lunar 7/7
- 13 August 1992lunar 7/15
- 11 September 1992lunar 8/15
- 4 October 1992lunar 9/9
- 31 December 1992lunar 12/8
- 22 January 1993lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1992
Each Gregorian month of 1992, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.