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1941 is the year of the Metal Snake in the Chinese calendar, from 27 January 1941 to 14 February 1942: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 6. Born before 27 January 1941? That is still the Metal Dragon year.
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384 days · Year of the Metal Snake
Sexagenary year
Fire controls Metal: the year stem is Metal, while theSnake's fixed phase is Fire.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 6
30 days in the repeated month.
Beginning of Spring
Twice
立春 falls twice — a double-spring year, 双春年.
Year name explained
Why Metal Snake
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the Snake’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Metal Snake” comes from the year's heavenly stem; it is distinct from the animal's conventional fixed phase. Read the calendar glossary.
The 13 lunar months of 1941
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 1941.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 27 January 1941 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 26 February 1941 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 28 March 1941 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 26 April 1941 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 26 May 1941 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 25 June 1941 | 29 |
| Leap month 6 | 24 July 1941 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 23 August 1941 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 21 September 1941 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 20 October 1941 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 19 November 1941 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 18 December 1941 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 17 January 1942 | 29 |
The solar year within it
25 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.
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1941 · 12:49:44 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1941 · 08:56:21 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1941 · 07:10:04 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1941 · 08:20:19 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1941 · 12:24:55 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1941 · 19:50:24 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1941 · 06:09:50 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1941 · 19:22:47 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1941 · 10:39:12 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1941 · 03:33:15 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1941 · 21:03:04 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1941 · 14:26:08 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1941 · 06:45:52 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1941 · 21:16:51 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1941 · 09:23:48 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1941 · 18:32:42 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1941 · 00:38:12 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1941 · 03:27:09 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1941 · 03:24:03 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1941 · 00:37:47 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1941 · 19:55:58 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1941 · 13:44:06 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1942 · 07:02:18 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1942 · 00:23:28 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1942 · 18:48:34 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1941 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 27 January 1941lunar 1/1
- 10 February 1941lunar 1/15
- 30 May 1941lunar 5/5
- 29 August 1941lunar 7/7
- 6 September 1941lunar 7/15
- 5 October 1941lunar 8/15
- 28 October 1941lunar 9/9
- 24 January 1942lunar 12/8
- 14 February 1942lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1941
Each Gregorian month of 1941, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.