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2000 is the year of the Metal Dragon in the Chinese calendar, from 5 February 2000 to 23 January 2001: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 5 February 2000? That is still the Earth Rabbit year.
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354 days · Year of the Metal Dragon
Sexagenary year
Earth generates Metal: the year stem is Metal, while theDragon'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 Dragon
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Dragon’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 Dragon” 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 2000
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 2000.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 5 February 2000 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 6 March 2000 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 5 April 2000 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 4 May 2000 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 2 June 2000 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 2 July 2000 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 31 July 2000 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 29 August 2000 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 28 September 2000 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 27 October 2000 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 26 November 2000 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 26 December 2000 | 29 |
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 2000 · 16:33:18 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 2000 · 14:42:40 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 2000 · 15:35:15 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明4 April 2000 · 19:31:58 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2000 · 02:39:30 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2000 · 12:50:10 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2000 · 01:49:24 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 2000 · 16:58:34 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2000 · 09:47:43 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2000 · 03:13:56 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑22 July 2000 · 20:42:41 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2000 · 13:02:59 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2000 · 03:48:31 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 2000 · 15:59:10 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2000 · 01:27:35 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2000 · 07:38:13 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2000 · 10:47:28 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2000 · 10:48:04 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2000 · 08:19:20 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2000 · 03:37:02 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至21 December 2000 · 21:37:26 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 2001 · 14:49:16 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2001 · 08:16:18 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2000 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 5 February 2000lunar 1/1
- 19 February 2000lunar 1/15
- 6 June 2000lunar 5/5
- 6 August 2000lunar 7/7
- 14 August 2000lunar 7/15
- 12 September 2000lunar 8/15
- 6 October 2000lunar 9/9
- 2 January 2001lunar 12/8
- 23 January 2001lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2000
Each Gregorian month of 2000, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.