Chinese New Year 2004

Chinese New Year 2004 is on January 22, 2004, beginning the Year of the Wood Monkey (甲申, Jia Shen), which lasts until February 8, 2005. Until then it is still the Year of the Water Goat. In BaZi, which counts years from the solar term Start of Spring (Li Chun), the 2004 year begins on February 4, 2004 at 7:56 PM Beijing time (11:56 UTC). This lunar year has 13 months, including a leap second month.

2004 is mostly the Year of the Wood Monkey (甲申), from January 22, 2004. Dates before then belong to the Year of the Water Goat.

In the Year of the Wood 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 2004 has 13 months, including a leap second month.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, falls on September 28, 2004.

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.