Water monkey

壬申

The water monkey ( Renshen , Chinese  壬申 , Pinyin rénshēn ) is the 9th 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 ninth celestial stem ( 壬 , rén , element water and Yáng ) and the ninth earth branch ( 申 , shēn ), symbolized by the monkey ( 猴 , hóu ), 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 water monkey year began in 1992 and lasted from February 4, 1992 to January 22, 1993 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Water Monkey Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the water monkey 壬申 rénshēn is the 9th year (at the beginning of the year: metal sheep 辛未 xīnwèi 8).

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	2689 BC Chr.	2629 BC Chr.	2569 BC Chr.	2509 BC Chr.	2449 BC Chr.	2389 BC Chr.	2329 BC Chr.	2269 BC Chr.	2209 BC Chr.	2149 BC Chr.
10	2089 BC Chr.	2029 BC Chr.	1969 BC Chr.	1909 BC Chr.	1849 BC Chr.	1789 BC Chr.	1729 BC Chr.	1669 BC Chr.	1609 BC Chr.	1549 BC Chr.
20th	1489 BC Chr.	1429 BC Chr.	1369 BC Chr.	1309 BC Chr.	1249 BC Chr.	1189 BC Chr.	1129 BC Chr.	1069 BC Chr.	1009 BC Chr.	949 BC Chr.
30th	889 BC Chr.	829 BC Chr.	769 BC Chr.	709 BC Chr.	649 BC Chr.	589 BC Chr.	529 BC Chr.	469 BC Chr.	409 BC Chr.	349 BC Chr.
40	289 BC Chr.	229 BC Chr.	169 BC Chr.	109 BC Chr.	49 BC Chr.	12	72	132	192	252
50	312	372	432	492	552	612	672	732	792	852
60	912	972	1032	1092	1152	1212	1272	1332	1392	1452
70	1512	1572	1632	1692	1752	1812	1872	1932	1992	2052
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 589 v. Chr.