Metal tiger

庚寅

The metal tiger ( Genyin ( Chinese  庚寅 , Pinyin gēngyín )) is the 27th 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 third earth branch ( 寅 , yín ), symbolized by the tiger ( 虎 , hǔ ), 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 Tiger year began in 2010 and lasted from February 14, 2010 to February 2, 2011 due to the difference between the Chinese and the Gregorian calendar year .

Metal Tiger Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal tiger 庚寅 gēngyín is the 27th year (at the beginning of the year: earth-buffalo 己丑 jǐchǒu 26).

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	2671 BC Chr.	2611 BC Chr.	2551 BC Chr.	2491 BC Chr.	2431 BC Chr.	2371 BC Chr.	2311 BC Chr.	2251 BC Chr.	2191 BC Chr.	2131 BC Chr.
10	2071 BC Chr.	2011 BC Chr.	1951 BC Chr.	1891 BC Chr.	1831 BC Chr.	1771 BC Chr.	1711 BC Chr.	1651 BC Chr.	1591 BC Chr.	1531 BC Chr.
20th	1471 BC Chr.	1411 BC Chr.	1351 BC Chr.	1291 BC Chr.	1231 BC Chr.	1171 BC Chr.	1111 BC Chr.	1051 BC Chr.	991 BC Chr.	931 BC Chr.
30th	871 BC Chr.	811 BC Chr.	751 BC Chr.	691 BC Chr.	631 BC Chr.	571 BC Chr.	511 BC Chr.	451 BC Chr.	391 BC Chr.	331 BC Chr.
40	271 BC Chr.	211 BC Chr.	151 BC Chr.	91 BC Chr.	31 BC Chr.	30th	90	150	210	270
50	330	390	450	510	570	630	690	750	810	870
60	930	990	1050	1110	1170	1230	1290	1350	1410	1470
70	1530	1590	1650	1710	1770	1830	1890	1950	2010	2070
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 571 v. Chr.