Wood snake

乙巳

The wooden snake ( Yisi ( Chinese  乙巳 , Pinyin yǐsì )) is the 42nd year of the Chinese calendar (see table). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and describes those lunar years that are linked by a connection of the second heavenly stem ( amm , yǐ , element wood and yin ) with 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 Holz-Snake year began in 1965 and lasted from February 2, 1965 to January 20, 1966 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Wood Snake Years

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the wooden snake 乙巳 is the 42nd year (at the beginning of the year: wooden dragon 甲辰 jiǎchén).

List of Holz-Snake years in 60-year cycles (end of the cycle - when counting from the 1st year of the Huángdì government) (start of the cycle - when counting from the 61st year of Huángdì's government)
	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
0	2656 BC Chr.	2596 BC Chr.	2536 BC Chr.	2476 BC Chr.	2416 BC Chr.	2356 BC Chr.	2296 BC Chr.	2236 BC Chr.	2176 BC Chr.	2116 BC Chr.
10	2056 BC Chr.	1996 BC Chr.	1936 BC Chr.	1876 ​​BC Chr.	1816 BC Chr.	1756 BC Chr.	1696 BC Chr.	1636 BC Chr.	1576 BC Chr.	1516 BC Chr.
20th	1456 BC Chr.	1396 BC Chr.	1336 BC Chr.	1276 BC Chr.	1216 BC Chr.	1156 BC Chr.	1096 BC Chr.	1036 BC Chr.	976 BC Chr.	916 BC Chr.
30th	856 BC Chr.	796 BC Chr.	736 BC Chr.	676 BC Chr.	616 BC Chr.	556 BC Chr.	496 BC Chr.	436 BC Chr.	376 BC Chr.	316 BC Chr.
40	256 BC Chr.	196 BC Chr.	136 BC Chr.	76 BC Chr.	16 BC Chr.	45	105	165	225	285
50	345	405	465	525	585	645	705	765	825	885
60	945	1005	1065	1125	1185	1245	1305	1365	1425	1485
70	1545	1605	1665	1725	1785	1845	1905	1965	2025	2085
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 554 v. Chr.