Earth dragon

戊辰

The earth dragon ( Wuchen , Chinese  戊辰 , Pinyin wùchén ) is the 5th year of the Chinese calendar (see table 天 支 60-year cycle). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and describes those lunar years that are linked by a connection between the fifth celestial stem ( 戊 , wù , element earth and Yáng ) and the fifth earth branch ( 辰 , chén ), symbolized by the dragon ( 龍 , lóng ), 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 Earth-Dragon year began in 1988 and lasted from February 17, 1988 to February 5, 1989 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Earth-Dragon Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the earth dragon 戊辰 wùchén is the 5th year (at the beginning of the year: fire hare 丁卯 dīngmǎo 4).

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	2693 BC Chr.	2633 BC Chr.	2573 BC Chr.	2513 BC Chr.	2453 BC Chr.	2393 BC Chr.	2333 BC Chr.	2273 BC Chr.	2213 BC Chr.	2153 BC Chr.
10	2093 BC Chr.	2033 BC Chr.	1973 BC Chr.	1913 BC Chr.	1853 BC Chr.	1793 BC Chr.	1733 BC Chr.	1673 BC Chr.	1613 BC Chr.	1553 BC Chr.
20th	1493 BC Chr.	1433 BC Chr.	1373 BC Chr.	1313 BC Chr.	1253 BC Chr.	1193 BC Chr.	1133 BC Chr.	1073 BC Chr.	1013 BC Chr.	953 BC Chr.
30th	893 BC Chr.	833 BC Chr.	773 BC Chr.	713 BC Chr.	653 BC Chr.	593 BC Chr.	533 BC Chr.	473 BC Chr.	413 BC Chr.	353 BC Chr.
40	293 BC Chr.	233 BC Chr.	173 BC Chr.	113 BC Chr.	53 BC Chr.	8th	68	128	188	248
50	308	368	428	488	548	608	668	728	788	848
60	908	968	1028	1088	1148	1208	1268	1328	1388	1448
70	1508	1568	1628	1688	1748	1808	1868	1928	1988	2048
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 593 v. Chr.