Metal dog

庚戌

The metal dog ( Gengxu ( Chinese  庚戌 , Pinyin gēngxū )) is the 47th 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 seventh heavenly stem ( 庚 , gēng , element metal and Yáng ) and the eleventh earth branch ( 戌 , xū ), symbolized by the dog ( 狗 , gǒu ), 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 Dog year began in 1970 and lasted from February 6, 1970 to January 26, 1971 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Metal dog year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal dog 庚戌 gēngxū is the 47th year (at the beginning of the year: earth rooster 己酉 jǐyǒu 46).

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	2651 BC Chr.	2591 BC Chr.	2531 BC Chr.	2471 BC Chr.	2411 BC Chr.	2351 BC Chr.	2291 BC Chr.	2231 BC Chr.	2171 BC Chr.	2111 BC Chr.
10	2051 BC Chr.	1991 BC Chr.	1931 BC Chr.	1871 BC Chr.	1811 BC Chr.	1751 BC Chr.	1691 BC Chr.	1631 BC Chr.	1571 BC Chr.	1511 BC Chr.
20th	1451 BC Chr.	1391 BC Chr.	1331 BC Chr.	1271 BC Chr.	1211 BC Chr.	1151 BC Chr.	1091 BC Chr.	1031 BC Chr.	971 BC Chr.	911 BC Chr.
30th	851 BC Chr.	791 BC Chr.	731 BC Chr.	671 BC Chr.	611 BC Chr.	551 BC Chr.	491 BC Chr.	431 BC Chr.	371 BC Chr.	311 BC Chr.
40	251 BC Chr.	191 BC Chr.	131 BC Chr.	71 BC Chr.	11 v. Chr.	50	110	170	230	290
50	350	410	470	530	590	650	710	770	830	890
60	950	1010	1070	1130	1190	1250	1310	1370	1430	1490
70	1550	1610	1670	1730	1790	1850	1910	1970	2030	2090
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 551 v. Chr.