Earth rat

戊子

The earth rat ( Wuzi , Chinese  戊子 , Pinyin wùzǐ ) is the 25th 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 of the fifth heavenly stem ( amm , wù , element earth and Yáng ) with the first earth branch ( 子 , zǐ ), symbolized by the rat ( 鼠 , shǔ ), 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-Rat year began in 2008 and lasted from February 7, 2008 to January 25, 2009 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Earth Rat Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the earth rat 戊子 wùzǐ is the 25th year (at the beginning of the year: fire pig 丁亥 dīnghài 24).

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	2673 BC Chr.	2613 BC Chr.	2553 BC Chr.	2493 BC Chr.	2433 BC Chr.	2373 BC Chr.	2313 BC Chr.	2253 BC Chr.	2193 BC Chr.	2133 BC Chr.
10	2073 BC Chr.	2013 v. Chr.	1953 BC Chr.	1893 BC Chr.	1833 BC Chr.	1773 BC Chr.	1713 BC Chr.	1653 BC Chr.	1593 BC Chr.	1533 BC Chr.
20th	1473 BC Chr.	1413 BC Chr.	1353 BC Chr.	1293 BC Chr.	1233 BC Chr.	1173 BC Chr.	1113 BC Chr.	1053 BC Chr.	993 BC Chr.	933 BC Chr.
30th	873 BC Chr.	813 BC Chr.	753 BC Chr.	693 BC Chr.	633 BC Chr.	573 BC Chr.	513 BC Chr.	453 BC Chr.	393 BC Chr.	333 BC Chr.
40	273 BC Chr.	213 BC Chr.	153 BC Chr.	93 BC Chr.	33 BC Chr.	28	88	148	208	268
50	328	388	448	508	568	628	688	748	808	868
60	928	988	1048	1108	1168	1228	1288	1348	1408	1468
70	1528	1588	1648	1708	1768	1828	1888	1948	2008	2068
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 573 v. Chr.