Chinese New Year 1968

Chinese New Year 1968 is on January 30, 1968, beginning the Year of the Earth Monkey (戊申, Wu Shen), which lasts until February 16, 1969. Until then it is still the Year of the Fire Goat. In BaZi, which counts years from the solar term Start of Spring (Li Chun), the 1968 year begins on February 5, 1968 at 2:07 AM Beijing time (18:07 UTC on February 4). This lunar year has 13 months, including a leap seventh month.

1968 is mostly the Year of the Earth Monkey (戊申), from January 30, 1968. Dates before then belong to the Year of the Fire Goat.

In the Year of the Earth Monkey, the signs traditionally said to be in conflict with Tai Sui, the year's ruling deity, are Monkey (birth year), Tiger (clash and punishment), Pig (harm) and Snake (punishment and break).

Yes. The lunar year beginning in 1968 has 13 months, including a leap seventh month.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, falls on October 6, 1968.

Dates are computed astronomically, following the rules of the modern Chinese calendar (GB/T 33661-2017): days in China Standard Time (UTC+8), months starting on the day of the new moon, the winter solstice always in the eleventh month, and leap months placed in the first month without a principal solar term. Solar terms are the moments the Sun reaches each 15 degree point of its path, computed with the Astronomy Engine library. Years before 1929 used Beijing local time, so a handful of historical dates can differ by one day from older almanacs.