Metal rat

庚子

The metal rat ( Gengzi ( Chinese  庚子 , Pinyin gēngzǐ )) is the 37th 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 ) with the first earth branch ( 子 , zǐ ), symbolized by the rat ( 鼠 , shǔ ), 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 Rat year began in 1960 and lasted from January 28, 1960 to February 14, 1961 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year . The current Metal Rat year began on January 25, 2020 and ends on February 11, 2021.

Metal Rat Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal rat 庚子 gēngzǐ is the 37th year (at the beginning of the year: earth pig 己亥 jǐhài 36).

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	2661 BC Chr.	2601 BC Chr.	2541 BC Chr.	2481 BC Chr.	2421 BC Chr.	2361 BC Chr.	2301 BC Chr.	2241 BC Chr.	2181 BC Chr.	2121 BC Chr.
10	2061 BC Chr.	2001 BC Chr.	1941 BC Chr.	1881 BC Chr.	1821 BC Chr.	1761 BC Chr.	1701 BC Chr.	1641 BC Chr.	1581 BC Chr.	1521 BC Chr.
20th	1461 BC Chr.	1401 BC Chr.	1341 BC Chr.	1281 BC Chr.	1221 BC Chr.	1161 BC Chr.	1101 BC Chr.	1041 BC Chr.	981 BC Chr.	921 BC Chr.
30th	861 BC Chr.	801 BC Chr.	741 BC Chr.	681 BC Chr.	621 BC Chr.	561 BC Chr.	501 BC Chr.	441 BC Chr.	381 BC Chr.	321 BC Chr.
40	261 BC Chr.	201 BC Chr.	141 BC Chr.	81 BC Chr.	21 BC Chr.	40	100	160	220	280
50	340	400	460	520	580	640	700	760	820	880
60	940	1000	1060	1120	1180	1240	1300	1360	1420	1480
70	1540	1600	1660	1720	1780	1840	1900	1960	2020	2080
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 561 v. Chr.