Wood monkey

甲申

The wood monkey ( Jiashe , Chinese  甲申 , Pinyin jiǎshēn ) is the 21st 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 first heavenly stem ( 甲 , jiǎ , element wood and Yáng ) with the ninth earth branch ( 申 , shēn ), symbolized by the monkey ( 猴 , hóu ), 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 Wood Monkey year began in 2004 and lasted from January 22, 2004 to February 8, 2005 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Wood Monkey Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the wood monkey 甲申 jiǎshēn is the 21st year (at the beginning of the year: water sheep 癸未 guǐwèi 20).

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	2677 BC Chr.	2617 BC Chr.	2557 BC Chr.	2497 BC Chr.	2437 BC Chr.	2377 BC Chr.	2317 BC Chr.	2257 BC Chr.	2197 BC Chr.	2137 BC Chr.
10	2077 BC Chr.	2017 v. Chr.	1957 BC Chr.	1897 BC Chr.	1837 BC Chr.	1777 BC Chr.	1717 BC Chr.	1657 BC Chr.	1597 BC Chr.	1537 BC Chr.
20th	1477 BC Chr.	1417 BC Chr.	1357 BC Chr.	1297 BC Chr.	1237 BC Chr.	1177 BC Chr.	1117 BC Chr.	1057 BC Chr.	997 BC Chr.	937 BC Chr.
30th	877 BC Chr.	817 BC Chr.	757 BC Chr.	697 BC Chr.	637 BC Chr.	577 BC Chr.	517 BC Chr.	457 BC Chr.	397 BC Chr.	337 BC Chr.
40	277 BC Chr.	217 BC Chr.	157 BC Chr.	97 BC Chr.	37 BC Chr.	24	84	144	204	264
50	324	384	444	504	564	624	684	744	804	864
60	924	984	1044	1104	1164	1224	1284	1344	1404	1464
70	1524	1584	1644	1704	1764	1824	1884	1944	2004	2064
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 577 v. Chr.