Earth snake

己巳

The earth snake ( Jisi , Chinese  己巳 , Pinyin jǐsì ) is the 6th 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 sixth heavenly stem ( 己 , jǐ , element earth and Yīn ) and 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 Earth-Snake year began in 1989 and lasted from February 6, 1989 to January 26, 1990 because of the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Earth-Snake Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the earth-snake 己巳 jǐsì is the 6th year (at the beginning of the year: earth-dragon 戊辰 wùchén 5).

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	2692 BC Chr.	2632 BC Chr.	2572 BC Chr.	2512 BC Chr.	2452 BC Chr.	2392 BC Chr.	2332 BC Chr.	2272 BC Chr.	2212 BC Chr.	2152 BC Chr.
10	2092 BC Chr.	2032 BC Chr.	1972 BC Chr.	1912 BC Chr.	1852 BC Chr.	1792 BC Chr.	1732 BC Chr.	1672 BC Chr.	1612 BC Chr.	1552 BC Chr.
20th	1492 BC Chr.	1432 BC Chr.	1372 BC Chr.	1312 BC Chr.	1252 BC Chr.	1192 BC Chr.	1132 BC Chr.	1072 BC Chr.	1012 BC Chr.	952 BC Chr.
30th	892 BC Chr.	832 BC Chr.	772 BC Chr.	712 BC Chr.	652 BC Chr.	592 BC Chr.	532 BC Chr.	472 BC Chr.	412 BC Chr.	352 BC Chr.
40	292 BC Chr.	232 BC Chr.	172 BC Chr.	112 BC Chr.	52 BC Chr.	9	69	129	189	249
50	309	369	429	489	549	609	669	729	789	849
60	909	969	1029	1089	1149	1209	1269	1329	1389	1449
70	1509	1569	1629	1689	1749	1809	1869	1929	1989	2049
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 592 v. Chr.