The Monkey is the branch 申 (Shen (Monkey)): yang Metal, direction Southwest, the 7th month (beginning at Start of Autumn), the hour 15:00–17:00. This page is that branch's calendar view — which Gregorian years belong to it, the minute each one begins, and which animals stand in a defined relation to it. For the branch as a position inside a chart — hidden stems, the ten-stem stage table, the five pillars containing it — see the branch page.
Generated from engine v0.14.0, not hand-written; years and lichun instants come from the engine's lichun table.
| Animal | Monkey 猴 |
|---|---|
| Branch | 申 Shen (Monkey) · position 9 of 12 |
| Polarity & element | yang Metal (金) |
| Direction / season | Southwest (西南) · Autumn |
| Month | 7th month · begins at Start of Autumn (立秋) |
| Hour | 15:00–17:00 |
| Hidden stems | 庚 Geng Yang Metal (main, 金); 壬 Ren Yang Water (middle, 水); 戊 Wu Yang Earth (residual, 土) |
| Six break | 巳 Snake — note: this pair is also a six-harmony, see the convention note below |
Each animal recurs twelve times across 144 years, once every twelve. The table gives the most recent cycles with the year pillar and the exact lichun instant (Beijing time) at which each year begins — so "after which date is someone born a Monkey" is checkable to the minute.
| Year | Year pillar | Lichun (Beijing time) | Age in 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 丙申 (Bing Shen) | 1956-02-05 04:11 | 71 |
| 1968 | 戊申 (Wu Shen) | 1968-02-05 02:07 | 59 |
| 1980 | 庚申 (Geng Shen) | 1980-02-05 00:09 | 47 |
| 1992 | 壬申 (Ren Shen) | 1992-02-04 21:48 | 35 |
| 2004 | 甲申 (Jia Shen) | 2004-02-04 19:56 | 23 |
| 2016 | 丙申 (Bing Shen) | 2016-02-04 17:46 | 11 |
The next one is 2028 (戊申, Wu Shen), beginning at lichun on 2028-02-04 15:31.
1908 · 1920 · 1932 · 1944 · 1956 · 1968 · 1980 · 1992 · 2004 · 2016 · 2028 · 2040
| This site | The year pillar and the animal change at the instant of lichun, the moment the sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude. It falls on 3–5 February and is known to the minute. |
|---|---|
| Most zodiac sites | Change the animal at the lunar new year (the second new moon after the winter solstice). The two conventions disagree for anyone born between 1 January and lichun, and again between lichun and the lunar new year. |
| Consequence | Someone born before lichun on 2026-02-04 still carries the previous year's pillar. If your birthday falls in January or February, use the exact instant rather than the year. |
Fan tai sui ("offending the year") is one of five fixed table relations between an animal and the year branch — own year, clash, punishment, harm, break — and they can stack. This site computes them from those tables, does not read them as fortune, and sells no remedy. Every year between 1924 and 2043 is listed below.
| Year | Year pillar | Relation to the year branch |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 丙寅 (Bing Yin) | 冲太岁 Clash + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1929 | 己巳 (Ji Si) | 破太岁 Break + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1932 | 壬申 (Ren Shen) | 值太岁 Own year |
| 1935 | 乙亥 (Yi Hai) | 害太岁 Harm |
| 1938 | 戊寅 (Wu Yin) | 冲太岁 Clash + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1941 | 辛巳 (Xin Si) | 破太岁 Break + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1944 | 甲申 (Jia Shen) | 值太岁 Own year |
| 1947 | 丁亥 (Ding Hai) | 害太岁 Harm |
| 1950 | 庚寅 (Geng Yin) | 冲太岁 Clash + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1953 | 癸巳 (Gui Si) | 破太岁 Break + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1956 | 丙申 (Bing Shen) | 值太岁 Own year |
| 1959 | 己亥 (Ji Hai) | 害太岁 Harm |
| 1962 | 壬寅 (Ren Yin) | 冲太岁 Clash + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1965 | 乙巳 (Yi Si) | 破太岁 Break + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1968 | 戊申 (Wu Shen) | 值太岁 Own year |
| 1971 | 辛亥 (Xin Hai) | 害太岁 Harm |
| 1974 | 甲寅 (Jia Yin) | 冲太岁 Clash + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1977 | 丁巳 (Ding Si) | 破太岁 Break + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1980 | 庚申 (Geng Shen) | 值太岁 Own year |
| 1983 | 癸亥 (Gui Hai) | 害太岁 Harm |
| 1986 | 丙寅 (Bing Yin) | 冲太岁 Clash + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1989 | 己巳 (Ji Si) | 破太岁 Break + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 1992 | 壬申 (Ren Shen) | 值太岁 Own year |
| 1995 | 乙亥 (Yi Hai) | 害太岁 Harm |
| 1998 | 戊寅 (Wu Yin) | 冲太岁 Clash + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 2001 | 辛巳 (Xin Si) | 破太岁 Break + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 2004 | 甲申 (Jia Shen) | 值太岁 Own year |
| 2007 | 丁亥 (Ding Hai) | 害太岁 Harm |
| 2010 | 庚寅 (Geng Yin) | 冲太岁 Clash + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 2013 | 癸巳 (Gui Si) | 破太岁 Break + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 2016 | 丙申 (Bing Shen) | 值太岁 Own year |
| 2019 | 己亥 (Ji Hai) | 害太岁 Harm |
| 2022 | 壬寅 (Ren Yin) | 冲太岁 Clash + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 2025 | 乙巳 (Yi Si) | 破太岁 Break + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 2028 | 戊申 (Wu Shen) | 值太岁 Own year |
| 2031 | 辛亥 (Xin Hai) | 害太岁 Harm |
| 2034 | 甲寅 (Jia Yin) | 冲太岁 Clash + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 2037 | 丁巳 (Ding Si) | 破太岁 Break + 刑太岁 Punishment |
| 2040 | 庚申 (Geng Shen) | 值太岁 Own year |
| 2043 | 癸亥 (Gui Hai) | 害太岁 Harm |
All seven relations are fixed tables and every one can be checked against the index page.
| Six harmony | 巳 Snake — combines into Water |
|---|---|
| Clash | 寅 Tiger |
| Harm | 亥 Pig |
| Break | 巳 Snake |
| Punishment | Punishment of Arrogance: 寅 Tiger, 巳 Snake |
| Trine | Water: 申 Monkey 子 Rat 辰 Dragon |
| Meeting | West Metal: 申 Monkey 酉 Rooster 戌 Dog |
The break partner shown above is also this animal's six-harmony partner. The traditional six-break table overlaps the harmony table on these four branches (Yin-Hai and Si-Shen), and schools disagree on whether a pair that already combines should also be read as breaking. This site does not choose for you: both are printed from their tables, and the divergence is stated here.
The animal and the branch are one character used two ways: as an animal it governs years, as a branch it governs positions. The hidden stems, month, hour, ten-stem stage table and the five pillars containing it are all on the branch page.
Every enumerable component of ba zi has its own page here. Each page is computed by the same engine and can be checked item by item — none of it is a personality table.