Metal snake

辛巳

The metal snake ( Xinsi ( Chinese  辛巳 , Pinyin xīnsì )) is the 18th year of the Chinese calendar (see table 天 支 60-year cycle). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and denotes the lunar years that are connected to the eighth celestial stem ( 辛 , xīn , element metal and Yīn ) with the sixth earth branch ( 巳 , sì ), symbolized by the snake ( 蛇 , shé ), 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 Snake year began in 2001 and lasted from January 24, 2001 to February 11, 2002 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Metal Snake Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal snake 辛巳 xīnsì is the 18th year (at the beginning of the year: metal dragon 庚辰 gēngchén 17).

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	2680 BC Chr.	2620 BC Chr.	2560 BC Chr.	2500 BC Chr.	2440 BC Chr.	2380 BC Chr.	2320 BC Chr.	2260 BC Chr.	2200 BC Chr.	2140 BC Chr.
10	2080 BC Chr.	2020 BC Chr.	1960 BC Chr.	1900 BC Chr.	1840 BC Chr.	1780 BC Chr.	1720 BC Chr.	1660 BC Chr.	1600 BC Chr.	1540 BC Chr.
20th	1480 BC Chr.	1420 BC Chr.	1360 BC Chr.	1300 BC Chr.	1240 BC Chr.	1180 BC Chr.	1120 BC Chr.	1060 BC Chr.	1000 BC Chr.	940 BC Chr.
30th	880 BC Chr.	820 BC Chr.	760 BC Chr.	700 BC Chr.	640 BC Chr.	580 BC Chr.	520 BC Chr.	460 BC Chr.	400 BC Chr.	340 BC Chr.
40	280 BC Chr.	220 BC Chr.	160 BC Chr.	100 BC Chr.	40 BC Chr.	21st	81	141	201	261
50	321	381	441	501	561	621	681	741	801	861
60	921	981	1041	1101	1161	1221	1281	1341	1401	1461
70	1521	1581	1641	1701	1761	1821	1881	1941	2001	2061
Note: The consecutive number of the cycle results from the line number. added to the column no. Example: row 30 + column 5 = 35. cycle corresponds to 580 v. Chr.