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2001 is the year of the Metal Snake in the Chinese calendar, from 24 January 2001 to 11 February 2002: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 4. Born before 24 January 2001? 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 4
29 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 2001
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 2001.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 24 January 2001 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 23 February 2001 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 25 March 2001 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 23 April 2001 | 30 |
| Leap month 4 | 23 May 2001 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 21 June 2001 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 21 July 2001 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 19 August 2001 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 17 September 2001 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 17 October 2001 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 15 November 2001 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 15 December 2001 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 13 January 2002 | 30 |
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 2001 · 02:28:49 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水18 February 2001 · 22:27:16 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 2001 · 20:32:28 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 2001 · 21:30:44 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 2001 · 01:24:22 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2001 · 08:35:53 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2001 · 18:44:50 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2001 · 07:44:12 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 2001 · 22:53:35 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2001 · 15:37:43 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2001 · 09:06:42 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 2001 · 02:26:14 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2001 · 18:52:21 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2001 · 09:27:08 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 2001 · 21:46:11 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2001 · 07:04:28 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2001 · 13:25:01 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2001 · 16:25:36 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2001 · 16:36:52 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2001 · 14:00:28 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2001 · 09:28:53 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 2001 · 03:21:30 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 2002 · 20:43:30 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2002 · 14:02:01 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 2002 · 08:24:05 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2001 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 24 January 2001lunar 1/1
- 7 February 2001lunar 1/15
- 25 June 2001lunar 5/5
- 25 August 2001lunar 7/7
- 2 September 2001lunar 7/15
- 1 October 2001lunar 8/15
- 25 October 2001lunar 9/9
- 20 January 2002lunar 12/8
- 11 February 2002lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2001
Each Gregorian month of 2001, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.