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1991 is the year of the Metal Goat in the Chinese calendar, from 15 February 1991 to 3 February 1992: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 15 February 1991? That is still the Metal Horse year.
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354 days · Year of the Metal Goat
Sexagenary year
Earth generates Metal: the year stem is Metal, while theGoat's fixed phase is Earth.
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 Goat
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Goat’s fixed element supports the year element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Metal Goat” 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 1991
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 1991.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 15 February 1991 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 16 March 1991 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 15 April 1991 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 14 May 1991 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 12 June 1991 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 12 July 1991 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 10 August 1991 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 8 September 1991 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 8 October 1991 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 6 November 1991 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 6 December 1991 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 5 January 1992 | 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 1991 · 11:58:20 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1991 · 10:12:15 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1991 · 11:01:56 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1991 · 15:04:42 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1991 · 22:08:23 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1991 · 08:26:53 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1991 · 21:20:14 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1991 · 12:38:17 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1991 · 05:18:47 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1991 · 22:52:59 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1991 · 16:11:08 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1991 · 08:37:15 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1991 · 23:12:51 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1991 · 11:27:21 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1991 · 20:48:06 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1991 · 03:01:07 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1991 · 06:05:10 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1991 · 06:07:50 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1991 · 03:35:45 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1991 · 22:56:00 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1991 · 16:53:38 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1992 · 10:08:31 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1992 · 03:32:29 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1991 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 15 February 1991lunar 1/1
- 1 March 1991lunar 1/15
- 16 June 1991lunar 5/5
- 16 August 1991lunar 7/7
- 24 August 1991lunar 7/15
- 22 September 1991lunar 8/15
- 16 October 1991lunar 9/9
- 12 January 1992lunar 12/8
- 3 February 1992lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1991
Each Gregorian month of 1991, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.