2031 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Metal Pig

2031 is the year of the Metal Pig (辛亥 Xīnhài), from 23 January 2031 to 10 February 2032. Anyone born in 2031 before 23 January 2031 belongs to the Metal Dog year.

• Animal: Pig
• Element: Metal (Yin)
• Cycle name: 辛亥 Xīnhài, year 48 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 23 January 2031
• Ends: 10 February 2032

The Metal Pig

Metal years are traditionally linked with determination, precision and principle: the element of clear edges, strong will and high standards. The Pig closes the cycle, and tradition sees it as the zodiac's most generous sign. Pig people are described as sincere, easy-going and diligent, good company at a table and hard workers when it counts.

Born in January or February 2031?

Anyone born from 1 January to 22 January 2031 belongs to the Metal Dog year of 2030. From 23 January 2031 the Metal Pig year begins.

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

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