2052 — Year of the Monkey 猴 壬申

2052 is the year of the Monkey 猴 — year pillar 壬申, Yang Water. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2052-02-04 11:22:30 · CNY 2052-02-01 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2052

In 2052, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (2052-02-01) and Lichun 立春 3 days later (2052-02-04). Anyone born inside that 3-day window gets a different zodiac animal and year pillar depending on which convention their tool follows — BaZi practice switches at the exact Lichun instant (2052-02-04 11:22:30, Beijing), folk calendar practice at the new moon. This is not an edge case we gloss over — it is the single most common source of wrong zodiac years, and our engine comparison tool shows it live with three engines side by side.

Your Kua number for 2052

Born inside 2052 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2052) mod 9 = 2 → Kun 坤 · female (2052 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 4 → Xun 巽. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2051 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Monkey (壬申) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2052-02-04 11:22:30 Beijing to the Lichun of 2053. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2052-02-01) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 3 days of 2052 — see the window note above.

Is 2052 a leap month year?

Yes — the lunar year 2052 has 13 months with a leap month 8 閏8月, computed by the GB/T 33661-2017 rules (no-zhongqi method, with the 2033-type edge cases handled).

What is my Kua number if I was born in 2052?

For births after Lichun: male 2 (坤), female 4 (巽). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2051 and use that year in the formula — most online calculators get early-February birthdays wrong here.

Tools for this year

All 24 solar terms of 2052 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2052-02-01) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Monkey years