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1921 is the year of the Metal Rooster in the Chinese calendar, from 8 February 1921 to 27 January 1922: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 8 February 1921? That is still the Metal Monkey year.
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354 days · Year of the Metal Rooster
Sexagenary year
Metal reinforces Metal: the year stem is Metal, while theRooster's fixed phase is Metal.
Length
354 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Not within this year
立春 does not fall inside it — a springless year, 无春年.
Year name explained
Why Metal Rooster
Metal is both the year element and the Rooster’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Metal.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Metal Rooster” comes from the year's heavenly stem; it is distinct from the animal's conventional fixed phase. Read the calendar glossary.
The 12 lunar months of 1921
A lunar month begins on the day of the new moon, so its Gregorian start date moves every year. These are the exact correspondences for 1921.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 8 February 1921 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 10 March 1921 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 8 April 1921 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 8 May 1921 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 6 June 1921 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 5 July 1921 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 4 August 1921 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 2 September 1921 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 1 October 1921 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 31 October 1921 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 29 November 1921 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 29 December 1921 | 30 |
The solar year within it
23 solar terms
Solar terms track the sun rather than the moon, so they sit at almost the same Gregorian date every year while the lunar months move by weeks. A twelve-month year is about eleven days shorter than the solar year and so holds fewer of them than a thirteen-month one.
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1921 · 12:19:56 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1921 · 10:45:09 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1921 · 11:50:58 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1921 · 16:08:41 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1921 · 23:32:14 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1921 · 10:04:17 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1921 · 23:16:40 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1921 · 14:41:25 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1921 · 07:35:35 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1921 · 01:06:34 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1921 · 18:30:15 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1921 · 10:43:25 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1921 · 01:15:07 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1921 · 13:09:39 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1921 · 22:19:42 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1921 · 04:10:36 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1921 · 07:02:15 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1921 · 06:45:30 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1921 · 04:04:27 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1921 · 23:11:25 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1921 · 17:07:23 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1922 · 10:16:55 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1922 · 03:47:54 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1921 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 8 February 1921lunar 1/1
- 22 February 1921lunar 1/15
- 10 June 1921lunar 5/5
- 10 August 1921lunar 7/7
- 18 August 1921lunar 7/15
- 16 September 1921lunar 8/15
- 9 October 1921lunar 9/9
- 5 January 1922lunar 12/8
- 27 January 1922lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1921
Each Gregorian month of 1921, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.