WILLIAM STICKEVERS

The Pig Year of 2019 starts on the Chinese New Year date of February 5, 2019 at 4:08am CCT, in Beijing, China. Chinese New Year usually falls on the second New Moon after the Winter Solstice. Chinese New Year’s Day is the closest New Moon to Lichun  (Chinese: 立春; “start of spring“) on 4 or 5 February, and the first New Moon