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1951 is the year of the Metal Rabbit in the Chinese calendar, from 6 February 1951 to 26 January 1952: 355 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 6 February 1951? That is still the Metal Tiger year.
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355 days · Year of the Metal Rabbit
Sexagenary year
Metal controls Wood: the year stem is Metal, while theRabbit's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
355 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 Rabbit
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rabbit’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Metal Rabbit” 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 1951
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 1951.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 6 February 1951 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 8 March 1951 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 6 April 1951 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 6 May 1951 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 5 June 1951 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 4 July 1951 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 3 August 1951 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 1 September 1951 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 1 October 1951 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 30 October 1951 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 29 November 1951 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 28 December 1951 | 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 1951 · 19:09:38 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1951 · 17:26:40 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1951 · 18:25:41 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1951 · 22:32:38 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1951 · 05:48:03 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1951 · 16:09:15 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1951 · 05:15:22 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1951 · 20:32:32 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1951 · 13:24:48 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1951 · 06:53:51 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑24 July 1951 · 00:20:37 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1951 · 16:37:26 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1951 · 07:16:05 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1951 · 19:18:10 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1951 · 04:36:50 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1951 · 10:36:23 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1951 · 13:36:00 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1951 · 13:26:36 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1951 · 10:51:03 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1951 · 06:02:18 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至23 December 1951 · 00:00:01 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1952 · 17:09:45 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1952 · 10:38:22 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1951 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 6 February 1951lunar 1/1
- 20 February 1951lunar 1/15
- 9 June 1951lunar 5/5
- 9 August 1951lunar 7/7
- 17 August 1951lunar 7/15
- 15 September 1951lunar 8/15
- 9 October 1951lunar 9/9
- 4 January 1952lunar 12/8
- 26 January 1952lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1951
Each Gregorian month of 1951, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.