1951: Year of the Metal Rabbit
The 1951 Chinese zodiac year is the Yin Metal Rabbit, and it runs from 6 February 1951 to 26 January 1952 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Rabbit 兔
- Element and polarity
- Yin Metal
- Gan-Zhi
- Xin Mao 辛卯
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1951, a person turns 75 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1951? You may be Tiger, not Rabbit
Chinese New Year 1951 fell on 6 February 1951. Anyone born between 1 January 1951 and 5 February 1951 — a window of 36 days — belongs to the 1950 zodiac year, the Yang Metal Tiger, and not to the Rabbit.
Check an exact birth date against the 6 February 1951 boundary.
Exact 1951 zodiac year dates
The 1951 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 355 days in total.
Other Rabbit years around 1951
| Rabbit year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Yin Wood Rabbit | 14 February 1915 |
| 1927 | Yin Fire Rabbit | 2 February 1927 |
| 1939 | Yin Earth Rabbit | 19 February 1939 |
| 1963 | Yin Water Rabbit | 25 January 1963 |
| 1975 | Yin Wood Rabbit | 11 February 1975 |
| 1987 | Yin Fire Rabbit | 29 January 1987 |
The exact pairing 辛卯 — Yin Metal Rabbit — returns only once every sixty years: 2011, 2071.