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The Metal Ox ( Xinchou ( Chinese 辛丑, pinyin xīnchǒu )) is the 38th 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 connected by a connection between the eighth heavenly stem (辛, xīn , element metal and yīn ) and the second earthly branch (丑, chǒu ), symbolized by the ox (牛, niú), are characterized.
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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辛未 |
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癸未 |
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乙未 |
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丁未 |
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己未 |
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 Metal Ox year began in 1961 and lasted from February 15, 1961 to February 4, 1962 due to the divergence of the Chinese calendar year from the Gregorian calendar year . The last Metal Ox year began on February 12, 2021 and ended on January 31, 2022.
Metal Ox Year
In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the Metal Ox 辛丑 xīnchǒu is the 38th year (at the beginning of the year: Metal Rat 庚子 gēngzǐ 37).