2019 — Year of the Pig 豬 己亥
2019 is the year of the Pig 豬 — year pillar 己亥, Yin Earth. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.
Lichun 2019-02-04 11:14:19 · CNY 2019-02-05 · engine 0.1.0
| Field | Value (kernel-computed) |
|---|---|
| Year pillar 年柱 (Lichun rule) | 己亥 己亥 |
| Zodiac 生肖 | Pig 豬 |
| Element (heavenly stem) | Yin Earth |
| Exact Lichun instant 立春 | 2019-02-04 11:14:19 Beijing |
| Chinese New Year 正月初一 | 2019-02-05 |
| Lunar months in the year | 12 |
| Lunar year length | 354.02699999999993 days |
The two-calendar window in 2019
In 2019, Lichun 立春 falls first (2019-02-04) and Chinese New Year 1 day later (2019-02-05). Anyone born inside that 1-day window gets a different zodiac animal and year pillar depending on which convention their tool follows — BaZi practice switches at the exact Lichun instant (2019-02-04 11:14:19, Beijing), folk calendar practice at the new moon. This is not an edge case we gloss over — it is the single most common source of wrong zodiac years, and our engine comparison tool shows it live with three engines side by side.
Your Kua number for 2019
Born inside 2019 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2019) mod 9 = 8 → Gen 艮 · female (2019 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 7 → Dui 兑. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2018 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.
FAQ
When does the year of the Pig (己亥) start and end?
By the exact Lichun instant: from 2019-02-04 11:14:19 Beijing to the Lichun of 2020. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2019-02-05) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 1 day of 2019 — see the window note above.
Is 2019 a leap month year?
No — the lunar year 2019 has 12 months and no leap month.
What is my Kua number if I was born in 2019?
For births after Lichun: male 8 (艮), female 7 (兑). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2018 and use that year in the formula — most online calculators get early-February birthdays wrong here.
Tools for this year
All 24 solar terms of 2019 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2019-02-05) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Pig years