2031: Year of the Metal Pig

When does 2031 begin?

• Chinese New Year (the lunar calendar): January 23, 2031.
• BaZi (the solar calendar this page uses): the Start of Spring, February 4, 2031, 8:58 a.m. Beijing time — 7:58 p.m. on February 3 Eastern, 4:58 p.m. on February 3 Pacific.

Anyone born between those two dates falls in different years under the two calendars: already the year of the Pig by the lunar calendar, but still the year of the Dog in BaZi.

The Heavenly Stem: 辛 (Metal)

Yin Metal is the polished jewel — refined, detail-sensitive, and quick to notice when something falls short of its own high standard.

The Earthly Branch: 亥 — Year of the Pig

The Pig is warm and generous — easygoing, sincere, and genuinely glad to share what it has.

Which years are Pig years?

1935 Wood1947 Fire1959 Earth1971 Metal1983 Water1995 Wood2007 Fire2019 Earth2031 Metal

Born in January or early February? In BaZi each of these years begins at the Start of Spring, around February 4. Born before it, you belong to the year before.

What 2031 holds in the sky

Computed from the same ephemeris as the charts: every date below is a position, not a prediction, and can be checked against any astronomical almanac.

Eclipses

• May 21Solar eclipse
• November 14Solar eclipse

Retrogrades

• March 26 – April 18Mercury retrograde
• March 29 – June 13Mars retrograde
• July 20 – September 1Venus retrograde
• July 29 – August 22Mercury retrograde
• November 19 – December 9Mercury retrograde

Slow planets changing sign

• November 15Jupiter enters Capricorn