Ancient Eighteen Flying Stars
Chinese New Year 2019 Date: Earth Pig
Chinese New Year 2019 fell on February 5. Check the Ji-hai Earth Pig dates, the earlier February 4 Li Chun boundary, and the January 24, 2020 year end.
Direct answer
Chinese New Year 2019 fell on 5 February. The Hong Kong Observatory identifies 2019 as the Ji-hai year of the Pig, commonly called the Earth Pig year. Under the public Lunar-New-Year convention, this interval runs from 5 February 2019 through 24 January 2020. Li Chun occurred one day earlier, on 4 February 2019, so the two methods changed the year on different civil dates.
How to read it
The Hong Kong Observatory's 2019 Gregorian-lunar conversion table identifies the Ji-hai year of the Pig. The Heavenly Stem Ji is conventionally associated with yin earth, while the Earthly Branch Hai is associated with the Pig. Earth Pig is therefore a calendar designation, not a guaranteed personality description or event forecast.
Under the common public zodiac convention, the annual animal changes on Lunar New Year. The official 2019 table places the first day of the first lunar month on 5 February. The 2020 table places the following Lunar New Year on 25 January 2020, so the public Pig-year interval ended on 24 January 2020.
Li Chun fell on 4 February 2019, one day before Lunar New Year. These are different calendar events on different civil dates: Li Chun is a solar term, while Lunar New Year begins the first lunar month. Destin Field uses the exact Li Chun boundary from its documented calendar calculation for the chart's birth-year stem and branch.
A birth from the exact Li Chun moment on 4 February until Lunar New Year on 5 February 2019 can therefore receive different year labels under the two named conventions. A public zodiac lookup still uses the preceding Wu-xu Dog year, while a Destin Field chart has changed to Ji-hai Pig. The recorded local date, time, birthplace, and stated convention all matter near the boundary.
This page answers the 2019 calendar question only. It does not publish an annual horoscope, lucky-colour list, compatibility ranking, health warning, wealth forecast, or fixed personality claim. A year animal and stem element are broad labels; a twelve-palace chart requires the recorded birth date, time, place, and additional documented rules.
2019 Earth Pig dates at a glance
2019 stem-branch year
Ji-hai: the stem Ji is associated with yin earth, and the branch Hai is the Pig.
Public zodiac interval
Lunar New Year began on 5 February 2019. The next began on 25 January 2020, so the public Pig interval ended on 24 January 2020.
Destin Field chart boundary
Li Chun fell on 4 February 2019 and the chart uses its exact calculated moment to change the year stem and branch.
Different dates, separate boundaries
Li Chun came before Lunar New Year in 2019; they remain separate calendar events and separate named conventions.
Example
For a birth late on 4 February 2019 after the exact Li Chun moment, a public zodiac lookup still uses the Dog because Lunar New Year has not arrived. A Destin Field chart already uses Ji-hai Pig. Keep the recorded local time and birthplace instead of combining the two conventions.
Common misunderstandings
- The public 2019 Pig year did not begin on 1 January.
- Li Chun fell on 4 February, while Lunar New Year fell on 5 February; they are not interchangeable year boundaries.
- Earth Pig is a calendar designation, not evidence of guaranteed character, luck, health, or events.
Reading boundary
This is a factual calendar and method guide. It does not provide a horoscope, scientific personality measure, or guaranteed prediction for 2019.
Questions people ask
What Chinese zodiac animal was 2019?
The Hong Kong Observatory identifies 2019 as the Ji-hai year of the Pig, commonly called the Earth Pig year.
When was Chinese New Year 2019?
Chinese New Year fell on 5 February 2019.
When did the public 2019 Pig year end?
It ended on 24 January 2020 because the following Lunar New Year began on 25 January 2020.
Why can a 4 February 2019 result differ?
This chart changed its birth-year stem and branch at the exact Li Chun moment on 4 February, while the public zodiac changed at Lunar New Year on 5 February.
Does this page predict the Earth Pig year?
No. It documents calendar names, dates, and method boundaries without predicting luck, personality, health, relationships, or money.
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Research sources
Chart positions are calculated from documented rules. The written interpretation explains those positions in modern language. A reply from the site owner is a separate human opinion; neither is presented as a quotation from the historical texts.
- System
- Textual Reconstruction of the Ancient Eighteen Flying Stars System
- Author
- Yilong Cheng
- Source review
- Destin Field source review
- Updated
- Wikisource — Purple Star Astrology, Xu Daozang edition
- Chinese Text Project — Purple Star Astrology, Volume One
- Historical edition — Complete Fine Manuscript of the Eighteen Flying Stars Purple Star Astrology, ISBN 9789866171680 (translated bibliographic title, not the Destin Field system name)
- Hong Kong Observatory — 2019 Gregorian-lunar conversion table
- Hong Kong Observatory — 2020 Gregorian-lunar conversion table
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