1941: Year of the Metal Snake
The 1941 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Metal Snake, and it runs from 27 January 1941 to 14 February 1942 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Snake 蛇
- Element and polarity
- Yin Metal
- Gan-Zhi
- Xin Si 辛巳
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1941, a person turns 85 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1941? You may be Dragon, not Snake
Chinese New Year 1941 fell on 27 January 1941. Anyone born between 1 January 1941 and 26 January 1941 — a window of 26 days — belongs to the 1940 zodiac year, the Yang Metal Dragon, and not to the Snake.
Check an exact birth date against the 27 January 1941 boundary.
Exact 1941 zodiac year dates
The 1941 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 1941
| Snake year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1905 | Yin Wood Snake | 4 February 1905 |
| 1917 | Yin Fire Snake | 23 January 1917 |
| 1929 | Yin Earth Snake | 10 February 1929 |
| 1953 | Yin Water Snake | 14 February 1953 |
| 1965 | Yin Wood Snake | 2 February 1965 |
| 1977 | Yin Fire Snake | 18 February 1977 |
The exact pairing 辛巳 — Yin Metal Snake — returns only once every sixty years: 2001, 2061.