Earth pig

己亥

The Earth Pig ( Jihai , Chinese  己亥 , Pinyin jǐhài ) is the 36th year of the Chinese calendar (see table 天 支 60-year cycle). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and denotes those lunar years that are linked by a connection of the sixth heavenly stem ( 己 , jǐ , element earth and Yīn ) with the twelfth earth branch ( 亥 , hài ), symbolized by the pig ( 猪 , zhū ), 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-Pig year began on February 5, 2019 and ended on January 24, 2020.

Earth Pig Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the earth-pig 己亥 jǐhài is the 36th year (at the beginning of the year: earth-dog 戊戌 wùxū 35).

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	2662 BC Chr.	2602 BC Chr.	2542 BC Chr.	2482 BC Chr.	2422 BC Chr.	2362 BC Chr.	2302 BC Chr.	2242 BC Chr.	2182 BC Chr.	2122 BC Chr.
10	2062 BC Chr.	2002 BC Chr.	1942 BC Chr.	1882 BC Chr.	1822 BC Chr.	1762 BC Chr.	1702 BC Chr.	1642 BC Chr.	1582 BC Chr.	1522 BC Chr.
20th	1462 BC Chr.	1402 BC Chr.	1342 BC Chr.	1282 BC Chr.	1222 BC Chr.	1162 BC Chr.	1102 BC Chr.	1042 BC Chr.	982 BC Chr.	922 BC Chr.
30th	862 BC Chr.	802 BC Chr.	742 BC Chr.	682 BC Chr.	622 BC Chr.	562 BC Chr.	502 BC Chr.	442 BC Chr.	382 BC Chr.	322 BC Chr.
40	262 BC Chr.	202 BC Chr.	142 BC Chr.	82 BC Chr.	22 BC Chr.	39	99	159	219	279
50	339	399	459	519	579	639	699	759	819	879
60	939	999	1059	1119	1179	1239	1299	1359	1419	1479
70	1539	1599	1659	1719	1779	1839	1899	1959	2019	2079
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 562 v. Chr.