Fire buffalo

丁丑

The fire buffalo ( dingchou , Chinese  丁丑 , pinyin dīngchǒu ) is the 14th 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 between the fourth celestial stem ( 丁 , dīng , element fire 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 Fire Ox year began in 1997 and lasted from February 7, 1997 to January 27, 1998 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Fire Ox Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the fire buffalo 丁丑 dīngchǒu is the 14th year (at the beginning of the year: fire rat 丙子 bǐngzǐ 13).

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	2684 BC Chr.	2624 BC Chr.	2564 BC Chr.	2504 BC Chr.	2444 BC Chr.	2384 BC Chr.	2324 BC Chr.	2264 BC Chr.	2204 BC Chr.	2144 BC Chr.
10	2084 BC Chr.	2024 BC Chr.	1964 BC Chr.	1904 BC Chr.	1844 BC Chr.	1784 BC Chr.	1724 BC Chr.	1664 BC Chr.	1604 BC Chr.	1544 BC Chr.
20th	1484 BC Chr.	1424 BC Chr.	1364 BC Chr.	1304 BC Chr.	1244 BC Chr.	1184 BC Chr.	1124 BC Chr.	1064 BC Chr.	1004 BC Chr.	944 BC Chr.
30th	884 BC Chr.	824 BC Chr.	764 BC Chr.	704 BC Chr.	644 BC Chr.	584 BC Chr.	524 BC Chr.	464 BC Chr.	404 BC Chr.	344 BC Chr.
40	284 BC Chr.	224 BC Chr.	164 BC Chr.	104 BC Chr.	44 BC Chr.	17th	77	137	197	257
50	317	377	437	497	557	617	677	737	797	857
60	917	977	1037	1097	1157	1217	1277	1337	1397	1457
70	1517	1577	1637	1697	1757	1817	1877	1937	1997	2057
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 584 v. Chr.