2088 — Year of the Monkey 猴 戊申

2088 is the year of the Monkey 猴 — year pillar 戊申, Yang Earth. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2088-02-04 04:57:59 · CNY 2088-01-24 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2088

In 2088, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (2088-01-24) and Lichun 立春 11 days later (2088-02-04). Anyone born inside that 11-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 (2088-02-04 04:57:59, 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 2088

Born inside 2088 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2088) mod 9 = 2 → Kun 坤 · female (2088 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 4 → Xun 巽. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2087 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

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

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2088-02-04 04:57:59 Beijing to the Lichun of 2089. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2088-01-24) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 11 days of 2088 — see the window note above.

Is 2088 a leap month year?

Yes — the lunar year 2088 has 13 months with a leap month 4 閏4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 2088?

For births after Lichun: male 2 (坤), female 4 (巽). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2087 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 2088 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2088-01-24) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Monkey years