2001: Year of the Metal Snake
The 2001 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Metal Snake, and it runs from 24 January 2001 to 11 February 2002 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Snake 蛇
- Element and polarity
- Yin Metal
- Gan-Zhi
- Xin Si 辛巳
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2001, a person turns 25 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2001? You may be Dragon, not Snake
Chinese New Year 2001 fell on 24 January 2001. Anyone born between 1 January 2001 and 23 January 2001 — a window of 23 days — belongs to the 2000 zodiac year, the Yang Metal Dragon, and not to the Snake.
Check an exact birth date against the 24 January 2001 boundary.
Exact 2001 zodiac year dates
The 2001 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Snake years around 2001
| Snake year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Yin Wood Snake | 2 February 1965 |
| 1977 | Yin Fire Snake | 18 February 1977 |
| 1989 | Yin Earth Snake | 6 February 1989 |
| 2013 | Yin Water Snake | 10 February 2013 |
| 2025 | Yin Wood Snake | 29 January 2025 |
| 2037 | Yin Fire Snake | 15 February 2037 |
The exact pairing 辛巳 — Yin Metal Snake — returns only once every sixty years: 1941, 2061.