Began January 24, 2001 · 384 days long
2001: year of the Metal Snake
The Snake year started on January 24, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 2001 before that date is a Dragon.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 24, 2001 1:07 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 9:07 PM Wed, Jan 24 · sets the date
- Year of the Snake
- 384 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 12, 2002 7:41 AM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 2001: the new moon in your city
The Metal Snake year opened with the new moon at 1:07 PM UTC on January 24, 2001 — 9:07 PM on January 24 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 8:07 AM on January 24 in New York, 1:07 PM on January 24 in London and 12:07 AM on January 25 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Wed, Jan 24, 2001 |
| Honolulu United States | 3:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 4:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 5:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 6:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 6:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 7:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 7:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 8:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 8:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 8:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 8:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 9:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 10:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 10:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 11:07 AM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 1:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 1:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 2:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 2:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 2:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 3:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 3:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 3:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 3:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 4:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 4:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 4:37 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 5:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 6:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 6:37 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 6:52 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 7:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 8:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 8:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 9:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 9:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 9:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 9:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 10:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 10:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 11:37 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 11:07 PM Wed, Jan 24, 2001 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 12:07 AM Thu, Jan 25, 2001 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 2:07 AM Thu, Jan 25, 2001 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 2001 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 24, 2001 through February 11, 2002 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
2001 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.
2001 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, 2001 and February 4, 2002, Beijing time. The Snake year spans January 24, 2001 to February 11, 2002, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 2001 Snake
The 巳 branch puts a 2001 Snake opposite the Pig on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Pig year after it was 2007. Its harmony partner is the Monkey, whose year came round 3 years later, in 2004. How the Snake and Pig get on →
Snakes born in 2001 turn 25 in 2026 — 26 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 2001
- Born January 1 – January 23, 2001: a Metal Dragon, the animal of 2000.
- Born January 24, 2001 or later in the year: a Metal Snake.
Only the first 23 days of 2001 belong to the Dragon, yet a year-only calculator still calls them Snakes. Those dates hold 6.0% 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 2001
Why 384 days, and not 365
2001 repeated its fourth month: the leap month 闰四月 ran from May 23 to June 20 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, 8th, 10th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 2001 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Wed, Feb 7, 2001 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Mon, Jun 25, 2001 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Sat, Aug 25, 2001 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Sun, Sep 2, 2001 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Mon, Oct 1, 2001 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Thu, Oct 25, 2001 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Sat, Dec 22, 2001 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Sun, Jan 20, 2002 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 3:11 PM on February 8, the day after the Lantern Festival. The festival night of October 1 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 9:48 PM Beijing time on October 2 — lunar day 16.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 2001
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 nine of the 110 new years in the table fall earlier in the calendar than January 24. Three other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1989 began on February 6; twelve years later, 2013 began on February 10 — both marked in lavender with the other Snake years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 2001: Zodiac Year of the Metal Snake.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/2001/
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