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2019 is the year of the Earth Pig in the Chinese calendar, from 5 February 2019 to 24 January 2020: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 5 February 2019? That is still the Earth Dog year.
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354 days · Year of the Earth Pig
Sexagenary year
Earth controls Water: the year stem is Earth, while thePig's fixed phase is Water.
Length
354 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Not within this year
立春 does not fall inside it — a springless year, 无春年.
Year name explained
Why Earth Pig
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Pig’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Earth Pig” comes from the year's heavenly stem; it is distinct from the animal's conventional fixed phase. Read the calendar glossary.
The 12 lunar months of 2019
A lunar month begins on the day of the new moon, so its Gregorian start date moves every year. These are the exact correspondences for 2019.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 5 February 2019 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 7 March 2019 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 5 April 2019 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 5 May 2019 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 3 June 2019 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 3 July 2019 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 1 August 2019 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 30 August 2019 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 29 September 2019 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 28 October 2019 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 26 November 2019 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 26 December 2019 | 30 |
The solar year within it
23 solar terms
Solar terms track the sun rather than the moon, so they sit at almost the same Gregorian date every year while the lunar months move by weeks. A twelve-month year is about eleven days shorter than the solar year and so holds fewer of them than a thirteen-month one.
- Rain Water雨水19 February 2019 · 07:03:58 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 2019 · 05:09:46 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 2019 · 05:58:27 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 2019 · 09:51:28 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2019 · 16:55:17 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 2019 · 03:02:48 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2019 · 15:59:09 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 2019 · 07:06:26 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2019 · 23:54:17 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2019 · 17:20:33 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 2019 · 10:50:24 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 2019 · 03:13:05 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2019 · 18:02:01 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 2019 · 06:16:54 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2019 · 15:50:11 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2019 · 22:05:40 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 2019 · 01:19:46 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 2019 · 01:24:24 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2019 · 22:58:57 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2019 · 18:18:30 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 2019 · 12:19:28 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 2020 · 05:30:06 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2020 · 22:54:40 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2019 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 5 February 2019lunar 1/1
- 19 February 2019lunar 1/15
- 7 June 2019lunar 5/5
- 7 August 2019lunar 7/7
- 15 August 2019lunar 7/15
- 13 September 2019lunar 8/15
- 7 October 2019lunar 9/9
- 2 January 2020lunar 12/8
- 24 January 2020lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2019
Each Gregorian month of 2019, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.