Water buffalo

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the species, see water buffalo .

癸丑

The water buffalo ( Guichou , Chinese  癸丑 , Pinyin guǐchǒu ) is the 50th 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 tenth heavenly stem ( 癸 , guǐ , element water and Yīn ) and the second earth branch ( 丑 , chǒu ), symbolized by the buffalo ( 牛 , niú ), 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 buffalo year lasted from February 3, 1973 to January 22, 1974 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Water Buffalo Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the water buffalo 癸丑 guǐchǒu is the 50th year (at the beginning of the year: water rat 壬子 rénzǐ 49).

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	2648 BC Chr.	2588 BC Chr.	2528 BC Chr.	2468 BC Chr.	2408 BC Chr.	2348 BC Chr.	2288 BC Chr.	2228 BC Chr.	2168 BC Chr.	2108 BC Chr.
10	2048 BC Chr.	1988 BC Chr.	1928 BC Chr.	1868 BC Chr.	1808 BC Chr.	1748 BC Chr.	1688 BC Chr.	1628 BC Chr.	1568 BC Chr.	1508 BC Chr.
20th	1448 BC Chr.	1388 BC Chr.	1328 BC Chr.	1268 BC Chr.	1208 BC Chr.	1148 BC Chr.	1088 BC Chr.	1028 BC Chr.	968 BC Chr.	908 BC Chr.
30th	848 BC Chr.	788 BC Chr.	728 BC Chr.	668 BC Chr.	608 BC Chr.	548 BC Chr.	488 BC Chr.	428 BC Chr.	368 BC Chr.	308 BC Chr.
40	248 BC Chr.	188 BC Chr.	128 BC Chr.	68 BC Chr.	8 v. Chr.	53	113	173	233	293
50	353	413	473	533	593	653	713	773	833	893
60	953	1013	1073	1133	1193	1253	1313	1373	1433	1493
70	1553	1613	1673	1733	1793	1853	1913	1973	2033	2093
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 548 v. Chr.