2011: Year of the Metal Rabbit
The 2011 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Metal Rabbit, and it runs from 3 February 2011 to 22 January 2012 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Rabbit 兔
- Element and polarity
- Yin Metal
- Gan-Zhi
- Xin Mao 辛卯
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2011, a person turns 15 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2011? You may be Tiger, not Rabbit
Chinese New Year 2011 fell on 3 February 2011. Anyone born between 1 January 2011 and 2 February 2011 — a window of 33 days — belongs to the 2010 zodiac year, the Yang Metal Tiger, and not to the Rabbit.
Check an exact birth date against the 3 February 2011 boundary.
Exact 2011 zodiac year dates
The 2011 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Rabbit years around 2011
| Rabbit year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Yin Wood Rabbit | 11 February 1975 |
| 1987 | Yin Fire Rabbit | 29 January 1987 |
| 1999 | Yin Earth Rabbit | 16 February 1999 |
| 2023 | Yin Water Rabbit | 22 January 2023 |
| 2035 | Yin Wood Rabbit | 8 February 2035 |
| 2047 | Yin Fire Rabbit | 26 January 2047 |
The exact pairing 辛卯 — Yin Metal Rabbit — returns only once every sixty years: 1951, 2071.