1991: Year of the Metal Goat
The 1991 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Metal Goat, and it runs from 15 February 1991 to 3 February 1992 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Goat 羊
- Element and polarity
- Yin Metal
- Gan-Zhi
- Xin Wei 辛未
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1991, a person turns 35 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1991? You may be Horse, not Goat
Chinese New Year 1991 fell on 15 February 1991. Anyone born between 1 January 1991 and 14 February 1991 — a window of 45 days — belongs to the 1990 zodiac year, the Yang Metal Horse, and not to the Goat.
Check an exact birth date against the 15 February 1991 boundary.
Exact 1991 zodiac year dates
The 1991 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Goat years around 1991
| Goat year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Yin Wood Goat | 24 January 1955 |
| 1967 | Yin Fire Goat | 9 February 1967 |
| 1979 | Yin Earth Goat | 28 January 1979 |
| 2003 | Yin Water Goat | 1 February 2003 |
| 2015 | Yin Wood Goat | 19 February 2015 |
| 2027 | Yin Fire Goat | 6 February 2027 |
The exact pairing 辛未 — Yin Metal Goat — returns only once every sixty years: 1931, 2051.