Began February 6, 1951 · 355 days long
1951: year of the Metal Rabbit
The Rabbit year started on February 6, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1951 before that date is a Tiger.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 6, 1951 7:54 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 3:54 PM Tue, Feb 6 · sets the date
- Year of the Rabbit
- 355 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 26, 1952 10:27 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1951: the new moon in your city
The Metal Rabbit year opened with the new moon at 7:54 AM UTC on February 6, 1951 — 3:54 PM on February 6 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 2:54 AM on February 6 in New York, 7:54 AM on February 6 in London and 5:54 PM on February 6 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Tue, Feb 6, 1951 |
| Honolulu United States | 9:54 PM Mon, Feb 5, 1951 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 9:54 PM Mon, Feb 5, 1951 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 11:54 PM Mon, Feb 5, 1951 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 12:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 12:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 1:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 1:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 2:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 2:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 2:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 2:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 3:24 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 3:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 4:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 5:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 6:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 7:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 8:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 8:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 8:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 9:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 9:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 9:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 9:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 10:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 10:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 11:24 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 11:54 AM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 1:24 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 1:24 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 1:24 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 2:24 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+6:30 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 2:54 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 3:24 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 3:24 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+7:30 |
| Beijing China | 3:54 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 3:54 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 3:54 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 4:54 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 4:54 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 5:24 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 5:54 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 5:54 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 7:54 PM Tue, Feb 6, 1951 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1951 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
18 pages · printable
The 2027 Sky Calendar — free PDF
Every retrograde, eclipse, new and full moon of 2027 to the minute, already converted to your city. A month to a page, ready to print.
Personality
The Metal Rabbit personality
Anyone born from February 6, 1951 through January 26, 1952 is a Metal Rabbit: the yin metal stem 辛 over the 卯 branch.
Metal controls the Rabbit's own Wood in the five-element cycle, so the year's element pushes against the sign rather than with it. Metal brings discipline, resolve and sharp edges — traditionally the most determined version, and the least willing to bend.
Stem and branch
1951 is 辛卯 (Xīnmǎo)
Na yin — the sounding element
Pine and Cypress Wood 松柏木
Evergreens that keep their needles through winter. Long associated with endurance, integrity and longevity — the tree that stays green when everything else has lost its leaves.
1951 therefore carries metal from its stem and wood from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A "blind" year with no spring
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1951 and February 5, 1952, Beijing time. The Rabbit year spans February 6, 1951 to January 26, 1952, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1951 Rabbit
The 卯 branch puts a 1951 Rabbit opposite the Rooster on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Rooster year after it was 1957. Its harmony partner is the Dog, whose year came round 7 years later, in 1958. How the Rabbit and Rooster get on →
Rabbits born in 1951 turn 75 in 2026 — 76 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1951
- Born January 1 – February 5, 1951: a Metal Tiger, the animal of 1950.
- Born February 6, 1951 or later in the year: a Metal Rabbit.
A year-only calculator mislabels 36 days of 1951, everything from January 1 to February 5. Roughly one US birth in 11 falls on those dates — 9.5% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Rabbit across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Rabbit.
The lunar calendar of 1951
Why 355 days, and not 365
No month was doubled in 1951, so the year ended on January 26, 1952 after twelve months — seven long ones of 30 days and five short ones of 29, 355 days in all.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 1951 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Tue, Feb 20, 1951 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Sat, Jun 9, 1951 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Thu, Aug 9, 1951 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Fri, Aug 17, 1951 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Sat, Sep 15, 1951 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Tue, Oct 9, 1951 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Sat, Dec 22, 1951 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Fri, Jan 4, 1952 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 5:11 AM on February 22, 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 8:38 PM Beijing time on September 15.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1951
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.
By date, 1951 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 58 fall earlier in the calendar and 47 later. Four other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1939 began on February 19; twelve years later, 1963 began on January 25 — both marked in lavender with the other Rabbit years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1951: Zodiac Year of the Metal Rabbit.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1951/
For Wikipedia
{{cite web |title=Chinese Horoscope 1951: Zodiac Year of the Metal Rabbit |url=https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1951/ |website=AstroHot |access-date=2026-10-28}}