Earth Buffalo

己丑

The earth buffalo ( Jichou , Chinese  己丑 , Pinyin jǐchǒu ) is the 26th 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 sixth heavenly stem ( 己 , jǐ , element earth and Yīn ) and the second earth branch ( 丑 , chǒu ), symbolized by the buffalo ( 牛 , niú ), 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-Ox year began in 2009 and lasted from January 26th, 2009 to February 13th, 2010 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Earth Ox Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the earth-buffalo 己丑 jǐchǒu is the 26th year (at the beginning of the year: earth-rat 戊子 wùzǐ 25).

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	2672 BC Chr.	2612 BC Chr.	2552 BC Chr.	2492 BC Chr.	2432 BC Chr.	2372 BC Chr.	2312 BC Chr.	2252 BC Chr.	2192 BC Chr.	2132 BC Chr.
10	2072 BC Chr.	2012 v. Chr.	1952 BC Chr.	1892 BC Chr.	1832 BC Chr.	1772 BC Chr.	1712 BC Chr.	1652 BC Chr.	1592 BC Chr.	1532 BC Chr.
20th	1472 BC Chr.	1412 BC Chr.	1352 BC Chr.	1292 BC Chr.	1232 BC Chr.	1172 BC Chr.	1112 BC Chr.	1052 BC Chr.	992 BC Chr.	932 BC Chr.
30th	872 BC Chr.	812 BC Chr.	752 BC Chr.	692 BC Chr.	632 BC Chr.	572 BC Chr.	512 BC Chr.	452 BC Chr.	392 BC Chr.	332 BC Chr.
40	272 BC Chr.	212 BC Chr.	152 BC Chr.	92 BC Chr.	32 BC Chr.	29	89	149	209	269
50	329	389	449	509	569	629	689	749	809	869
60	929	989	1049	1109	1169	1229	1289	1349	1409	1469
70	1529	1589	1649	1709	1769	1829	1889	1949	2009	2069
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 572 v. Chr.