2043 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Pig

2043 is the year of the Water Pig (癸亥 Guǐhài), from 10 February 2043 to 29 January 2044. Anyone born in 2043 before 10 February 2043 belongs to the Water Dog year.

• Animal: Pig
• Element: Water (Yin)
• Cycle name: 癸亥 Guǐhài, year 60 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 10 February 2043
• Ends: 29 January 2044

The Water Pig

Water years are traditionally linked with adaptability, perception and communication: the element that finds a way around any obstacle. 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 2043?

Anyone born from 1 January to 9 February 2043 belongs to the Water Dog year of 2042. From 10 February 2043 the Water 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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