Fire snake

丁巳

The fire snake ( Dingsi , Chinese  丁巳 , Pinyin dīngsì ) is the 54th year of the Chinese calendar (see table 天 支 60-year cycle). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and denotes the lunar years that are linked by a connection between the fourth celestial stem ( 丁 , dīng , element fire and Yīn ) with the sixth earth branch ( 巳 , sì ), symbolized by the snake ( 蛇 , shé ), are characterized.

60-year cycle ( 干支 gānzhī)
阳 Yáng (odd years) 阴 Yin (even years) The 5 elements : wood fire earth metal water
Animal 地支	子	丑	寅	卯	辰	巳	午	未	申	酉	戌	亥
Year 天干 地支	1 甲 子	2 乙 丑	3 丙 寅	4 丁 卯	5 戊 辰	6 己 巳	7 庚 午	8 辛 Unfilled	9 壬 申	10 癸 酉	11 甲 戌	12 乙 亥
Year 天干 地支	13 丙 子	14 丁 丑	15 戊 寅	16 己 卯	17 庚 辰	18 辛 巳	19 壬 午	20 癸 Unfilled	21 甲 申	22 乙 酉	23 丙 戌	24 丁 亥
Year 天干 地支	25 戊 子	26 己 丑	27 庚 寅	28 辛 卯	29 壬 辰	30 癸 巳	31 甲 午	32 乙 Unfilled	33 丙 申	34 丁 酉	35 戊 戌	36 己 亥
Year 天干 地支	37 庚 子	38 辛 丑	39 壬 寅	40 癸 卯	41 甲 辰	42 乙 巳	43 丙 午	44 丁 Unfilled	45 戊 申	46 己 酉	47 庚 戌	48 辛 亥
Year 天干 地支	49 壬 子	50 癸 丑	51 甲 寅	52 乙 卯	53 丙 辰	54 丁 巳	55 戊 午	56 己 Unfilled	57 庚 申	58 辛 酉	59 壬 戌	60 癸 亥

According to the Chinese calendar , such a connection occurs every 60 years. The last Fire Snake year began in 1977 and lasted from February 18, 1977 to February 6, 1978 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Fire Snake Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the fire snake 丁巳 dīngsì is the 54th year (at the beginning of the year: fire dragon 丙辰 bǐngchén 53).

List of 60-year cycles (end of cycle - when counting from the 1st year of the Huángdì government) (beginning of the cycle - when counting from the 61st year of Huángdì government)
	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
0	2644 BC Chr.	2584 BC Chr.	2524 BC Chr.	2464 BC Chr.	2404 BC Chr.	2344 BC Chr.	2284 BC Chr.	2224 BC Chr.	2164 BC Chr.	2104 BC Chr.
10	2044 BC Chr.	1984 BC Chr.	1924 BC Chr.	1864 BC Chr.	1804 BC Chr.	1744 BC Chr.	1684 BC Chr.	1624 BC Chr.	1564 BC Chr.	1504 BC Chr.
20th	1444 BC Chr.	1384 BC Chr.	1324 BC Chr.	1264 BC Chr.	1204 BC Chr.	1144 BC Chr.	1084 BC Chr.	1024 BC Chr.	964 BC Chr.	904 BC Chr.
30th	844 BC Chr.	784 BC Chr.	724 BC Chr.	664 BC Chr.	604 BC Chr.	544 BC Chr.	484 BC Chr.	424 BC Chr.	364 BC Chr.	304 BC Chr.
40	244 BC Chr.	184 BC Chr.	124 BC Chr.	64 BC Chr.	4 v. Chr.	57	117	177	237	297
50	357	417	477	537	597	657	717	777	837	897
60	957	1017	1077	1137	1197	1257	1317	1377	1437	1497
70	1557	1617	1677	1737	1797	1857	1917	1977	2037	2097
Note: The consecutive number of the cycle results from the line number. added to the column no. Example: row 30 + column 5 = 35th cycle corresponds to 544 v. Chr.