Metal cock

辛酉

The metal rooster ( Xinyou ( Chinese  辛酉 , Pinyin xīnyǒu )) is the 58th 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 eighth heavenly stem ( 辛 , xīn , element metal and Yīn ) and the tenth earth branch ( 酉 , yǒu ), symbolized by the rooster ( 鷄 , jī ), 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 Metal Rooster year began in 1981 and lasted from February 5, 1981 to January 24, 1982 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Metal Rooster Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal rooster 辛酉 xīnyǒu is the 58th year (at the beginning of the year: metal monkey 庚申 gēngshēn 57).

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	2640 BC Chr.	2580 BC Chr.	2520 BC Chr.	2460 BC Chr.	2400 BC Chr.	2340 BC Chr.	2280 BC Chr.	2220 BC Chr.	2160 BC Chr.	2100 BC Chr.
10	2040 BC Chr.	1980 BC Chr.	1920 BC Chr.	1860 BC Chr.	1800 BC Chr.	1740 BC Chr.	1680 BC Chr.	1620 BC Chr.	1560 BC Chr.	1500 BC Chr.
20th	1440 BC Chr.	1380 BC Chr.	1320 BC Chr.	1260 BC Chr.	1200 BC Chr.	1140 BC Chr.	1080 BC Chr.	1020 BC Chr.	960 BC Chr.	900 BC Chr.
30th	840 BC Chr.	780 BC Chr.	720 BC Chr.	660 BC Chr.	600 BC Chr.	540 BC Chr.	480 BC Chr.	420 BC Chr.	360 BC Chr.	300 BC Chr.
40	240 BC Chr.	180 BC Chr.	120 BC Chr.	60 BC Chr.	1	61	121	181	241	301
50	361	421	481	541	601	661	721	781	841	901
60	961	1021	1081	1141	1201	1261	1321	1381	1441	1501
70	1561	1621	1681	1741	1801	1861	1921	1981	2041	2101
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 540 v. Chr.