Began January 27, 1941 · 384 days long
1941: year of the Metal Snake
The Snake year started on January 27, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1941 before that date is a Dragon.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 27, 1941 11:03 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 7:03 PM Mon, Jan 27 · sets the date
- Year of the Snake
- 384 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 15, 1942 10:03 AM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1941: the new moon in your city
The Metal Snake year opened with the new moon at 11:03 AM UTC on January 27, 1941 — 7:03 PM on January 27 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 6:03 AM on January 27 in New York, 12:03 PM on January 27 in London and 9:03 PM on January 27 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Mon, Jan 27, 1941 |
| Honolulu United States | 12:33 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 1:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 3:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 4:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 4:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 5:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 6:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−5 |
| New York United States | 6:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 7:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−4 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 6:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 6:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 6:33 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 7:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 8:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 8:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 10:03 AM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 12:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+1 |
| Lagos Nigeria | 12:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 1:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+2 |
| Berlin Germany | 1:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+2 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 1:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 1:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 1:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 2:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 2:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 1:48 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+2:45 |
| Tehran Iran | 2:33 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 3:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 4:33 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 4:33 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 4:33 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 4:56 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+5:53 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 6:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 6:33 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 6:23 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+7:20 |
| Beijing China | 7:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 7:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 7:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 8:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 8:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 8:33 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 9:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 9:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 11:03 PM Mon, Jan 27, 1941 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1941 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Metal Snake personality
Anyone born from January 27, 1941 through February 14, 1942 is a Metal Snake: the yin metal stem 辛 over the 巳 branch.
The Snake's own Fire controls Metal here, so the sign keeps the upper hand over the year's element. Metal brings discipline, resolve and sharp edges — traditionally the most determined version, and the least willing to bend.
Stem and branch
1941 is 辛巳 (Xīnsì)
Na yin — the sounding element
White Wax Gold 白蠟金
Soft, pale metal not yet fully forged, sometimes translated as pewter. Readings describe refinement still in progress: talent that becomes solid through heat and pressure over time.
1941 therefore carries metal from its stem and metal from its na yin — the same element twice. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A double spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1941 and February 4, 1942, Beijing time. The Snake year spans January 27, 1941 to February 14, 1942, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1941 Snake
The 巳 branch puts a 1941 Snake opposite the Pig on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Pig year after it was 1947. Its harmony partner is the Monkey, whose year came round 3 years later, in 1944. How the Snake and Pig get on →
Snakes born in 1941 turn 85 in 2026 — 86 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1941
- Born January 1 – January 26, 1941: a Metal Dragon, the animal of 1940.
- Born January 27, 1941 or later in the year: a Metal Snake.
Only the first 26 days of 1941 belong to the Dragon, yet a year-only calculator still calls them Snakes. Those dates hold 6.8% of US births (SSA, 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Snake across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Snake.
The lunar calendar of 1941
Why 384 days, and not 365
1941 repeated its sixth month: the leap month 闰六月 ran from July 24 to August 22 and stretched the year to 384 days. Seven of the 13 months had 30 days.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, leap 6th, 9th and 11th.
Festival dates in the 1941 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Mon, Feb 10, 1941 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Fri, May 30, 1941 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Fri, Aug 29, 1941 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Sat, Sep 6, 1941 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Sun, Oct 5, 1941 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Tue, Oct 28, 1941 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Mon, Dec 22, 1941 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Sat, Jan 24, 1942 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 8:26 AM on February 12, two days after the Lantern Festival. This time the calendar and the sky agreed: the Moon was exactly full on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 5:31 PM Beijing time on October 5.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1941
Lengths differ because a leap month is inserted every two or three years. This is what makes the new year date jump rather than drift.
Only 20 of the 110 new years in the table fall earlier in the calendar than January 27. Three other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1929 began on February 10; twelve years later, 1953 began on February 14 — both marked in lavender with the other Snake years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1941: Zodiac Year of the Metal Snake.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1941/
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