Fire rat

丙子

The fire rat ( Bingzi , Chinese  丙子 , Pinyin bǐngzǐ ) is the 13th 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 third celestial stem ( 丙 , bǐng , element fire 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 Fire Rat year began in 1996 and lasted from February 19, 1996 to February 6, 1997 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Fire Rat Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the fire rat 丙子 bǐngzǐ is the 13th year (at the beginning of the year: wooden pig 乙亥 yǐhài 12).

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	2685 BC Chr.	2625 BC Chr.	2565 BC Chr.	2505 BC Chr.	2445 BC Chr.	2385 BC Chr.	2325 BC Chr.	2265 BC Chr.	2205 BC Chr.	2145 BC Chr.
10	2085 BC Chr.	2025 BC Chr.	1965 BC Chr.	1905 BC Chr.	1845 BC Chr.	1785 BC Chr.	1725 BC Chr.	1665 BC Chr.	1605 BC Chr.	1545 BC Chr.
20th	1485 BC Chr.	1425 BC Chr.	1365 BC Chr.	1305 BC Chr.	1245 BC Chr.	1185 BC Chr.	1125 BC Chr.	1065 BC Chr.	1005 BC Chr.	945 BC Chr.
30th	885 BC Chr.	825 BC Chr.	765 BC Chr.	705 BC Chr.	645 BC Chr.	585 BC Chr.	525 BC Chr.	465 BC Chr.	405 BC Chr.	345 BC Chr.
40	285 BC Chr.	225 BC Chr.	165 BC Chr.	105 BC Chr.	45 BC Chr.	16	76	136	196	256
50	316	376	436	496	556	616	676	736	796	856
60	916	976	1036	1096	1156	1216	1276	1336	1396	1456
70	1516	1576	1636	1696	1756	1816	1876	1936	1996	2056
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 585 v. Chr.