Metal pig

辛亥

The metal pig ( Xinhai ( Chinese  辛亥 , Pinyin xīnhài )) is the 48th 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 twelfth earth branch ( 亥 , hài ), symbolized by the pig ( 猪 , zhū ), 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 Pig year began in 1971 and lasted from January 27, 1971 to February 14, 1972 because of the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Metal Pig Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal pig 辛亥 xīnhài is the 48th year (at the beginning of the year: metal dog 庚戌 gēngxū 47).

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	2650 BC Chr.	2590 BC Chr.	2530 BC Chr.	2470 BC Chr.	2410 BC Chr.	2350 BC Chr.	2290 BC Chr.	2230 BC Chr.	2170 BC Chr.	2110 BC Chr.
10	2050 BC Chr.	1990 BC Chr.	1930 BC Chr.	1870 BC Chr.	1810 BC Chr.	1750 BC Chr.	1690 BC Chr.	1630 BC Chr.	1570 BC Chr.	1510 BC Chr.
20th	1450 BC Chr.	1390 BC Chr.	1330 BC Chr.	1270 BC Chr.	1210 BC Chr.	1150 BC Chr.	1090 BC Chr.	1030 BC Chr.	970 BC Chr.	910 BC Chr.
30th	850 BC Chr.	790 BC Chr.	730 BC Chr.	670 BC Chr.	610 BC Chr.	550 BC Chr.	490 BC Chr.	430 BC Chr.	370 BC Chr.	310 BC Chr.
40	250 BC Chr.	190 BC Chr.	130 BC Chr.	70 BC Chr.	10 BC Chr.	51	111	171	231	291
50	351	411	471	531	591	651	711	771	831	891
60	951	1011	1071	1131	1191	1251	1311	1371	1431	1491
70	1551	1611	1671	1731	1791	1851	1911	1971	2031	2091
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 550 v. Chr.