Began February 5, 2019 · 354 days long
2019: year of the Earth Pig
The Pig year started on February 5, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 2019 before that date is a Dog.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 4, 2019 9:04 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 5:04 AM Tue, Feb 5 · sets the date
- Year of the Pig
- 354 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 24, 2020 9:42 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 2019: the new moon in your city
The Earth Pig year opened with the new moon at 9:04 PM UTC on February 4, 2019 — 5:04 AM on February 5 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 4:04 PM on February 4 in New York, 9:04 PM on February 4 in London and 8:04 AM on February 5 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Mon, Feb 4, 2019 |
| Honolulu United States | 11:04 AM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 12:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 1:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 2:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 2:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 3:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 3:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 4:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 4:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 4:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 4:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 5:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 6:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 6:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 7:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 9:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 9:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 10:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 10:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 10:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 11:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 11:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 11:04 PM Mon, Feb 4, 2019 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 12:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 12:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 12:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 12:34 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 1:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 2:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 2:34 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 2:49 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 3:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 4:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 4:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 5:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 5:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 5:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 5:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 6:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 6:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 7:34 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 7:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 8:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 10:04 AM Tue, Feb 5, 2019 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 2019 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Earth Pig personality
Anyone born from February 5, 2019 through January 24, 2020 is an Earth Pig: the yin earth stem 己 over the 亥 branch.
Earth controls the Pig's own Water in the five-element cycle, so the year's element pushes against the sign rather than with it. Earth brings steadiness, practicality and patience — traditionally the most reliable version, and the slowest to change direction.
Stem and branch
2019 is 己亥 (Jǐhài)
Na yin — the sounding element
Wood of the Plain 平地木
Trees and crops growing on open, level ground. The image is ordinary growth with wide reach — usefulness to many, and a need for open space and light.
2019 therefore carries earth from its stem and wood from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A "blind" year with no spring
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 2019 and February 4, 2020, Beijing time. The Pig year spans February 5, 2019 to January 24, 2020, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 2019 Pig
The 亥 branch puts a 2019 Pig opposite the Snake on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Snake year after it was 2025. Its harmony partner is the Tiger, whose year came round 3 years later, in 2022. How the Pig and Snake get on →
Pigs born in 2019 turn 7 in 2026 — 8 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 2019
- Born January 1 – February 4, 2019: an Earth Dog, the animal of 2018.
- Born February 5, 2019 or later in the year: an Earth Pig.
A year-only calculator mislabels 35 days of 2019, everything from January 1 to February 4. Roughly one US birth in 11 falls on those dates — 9.2% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Pig across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Pig.
The lunar calendar of 2019
Why 354 days, and not 365
No leap month this time: from February 5, 2019 to January 24, 2020, 2019 ran twelve months, six of 30 days and six of 29 — 354 days.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 11th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 2019 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Tue, Feb 19, 2019 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Fri, Jun 7, 2019 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Wed, Aug 7, 2019 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Thu, Aug 15, 2019 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Fri, Sep 13, 2019 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Mon, Oct 7, 2019 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Sun, Dec 22, 2019 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Thu, Jan 2, 2020 |
At the Lantern Festival on February 19 the year's first full moon came that same day, at 11:53 PM Beijing time. The festival night of September 13 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 12:32 PM Beijing time on September 14 — lunar day 16.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 2019
Lengths differ because a leap month is inserted every two or three years. This is what makes the new year date jump rather than drift.
By date, 2019 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 52 fall earlier in the calendar and 52 later. Five other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 2007 began on February 18; twelve years later, 2031 begins on January 23 — both marked in lavender with the other Pig years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 2019: Zodiac Year of the Earth Pig.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/2019/
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