Metal bunny

辛卯

The metal rabbit ( Xinmao ( Chinese  辛卯 , Pinyin xīnmǎo )) is the 28th 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 celestial stem ( 辛 , xīn , element metal and Yīn ) and the fourth earth branch ( 卯 , mǎo ), symbolized by the hare ( 兔 , tù ), 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 Rabbit year began in 2011 and lasted from February 3, 2011 to January 22, 2012 due to the difference between the Chinese and the Gregorian calendar year .

Metal Rabbit Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal rabbit 辛卯 xīnmǎo is the 28th year (at the beginning of the year: metal tiger 庚寅 gēngyín 27).

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	2670 BC Chr.	2610 BC Chr.	2550 BC Chr.	2490 BC Chr.	2430 BC Chr.	2370 BC Chr.	2310 BC Chr.	2250 BC Chr.	2190 BC Chr.	2130 BC Chr.
10	2070 BC Chr.	2010 BC Chr.	1950 BC Chr.	1890 BC Chr.	1830 BC Chr.	1770 BC Chr.	1710 BC Chr.	1650 BC Chr.	1590 BC Chr.	1530 BC Chr.
20th	1470 BC Chr.	1410 BC Chr.	1350 BC Chr.	1290 BC Chr.	1230 BC Chr.	1170 BC Chr.	1110 BC Chr.	1050 BC Chr.	990 BC Chr.	930 BC Chr.
30th	870 BC Chr.	810 BC Chr.	750 BC Chr.	690 BC Chr.	630 BC Chr.	570 BC Chr.	510 BC Chr.	450 BC Chr.	390 BC Chr.	330 BC Chr.
40	270 BC Chr.	210 BC Chr.	150 BC Chr.	90 BC Chr.	30 BC Chr.	31	91	151	211	271
50	331	391	451	511	571	631	691	751	811	871
60	931	991	1051	1111	1171	1231	1291	1351	1411	1471
70	1531	1591	1651	1711	1771	1831	1891	1951	2011	2071
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 570 v. Chr.