Water dragon

壬辰

The water dragon ( Renchen , Chinese  壬辰 , Pinyin rénchén ) is the 29th 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 of the ninth heavenly stem ( amm , rén , element water and Yáng ) with the fifth earth branch ( 辰 , chén ), symbolized by the dragon ( 龍 , lóng ), 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 penultimate Water Dragon year began in 1952 and lasted from January 27, 1952 to February 13, 1953 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

The last Water Dragon year began in 2012 and lasted from January 23, 2012 to February 9, 2013 .

Water Dragon Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the water dragon 壬辰 rénchén is the 29th year (at the beginning of the year: metal hare 辛卯 xīnmǎo 28).

List of 60-year cycles
End of the cycle - when counting from the 1st year of the Huángdì government
(start of the cycle - when counting from the 61st year of Huángdì government)

	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
0	2669 BC Chr.	2609 BC Chr.	2549 BC Chr.	2489 BC Chr.	2429 BC Chr.	2369 BC Chr.	2309 BC Chr.	2249 BC Chr.	2189 BC Chr.	2129 BC Chr.
10	2069 BC Chr.	2009 BC Chr.	1949 BC Chr.	1889 BC Chr.	1829 BC Chr.	1769 BC Chr.	1709 BC Chr.	1649 BC Chr.	1589 BC Chr.	1529 BC Chr.
20th	1469 BC Chr.	1409 BC Chr.	1349 BC Chr.	1289 BC Chr.	1229 BC Chr.	1169 BC Chr.	1109 BC Chr.	1049 BC Chr.	989 BC Chr.	929 BC Chr.
30th	869 BC Chr.	809 BC Chr.	749 BC Chr.	689 BC Chr.	629 BC Chr.	569 BC Chr.	509 BC Chr.	449 BC Chr.	389 BC Chr.	329 BC Chr.
40	269 ​​BC Chr.	209 BC Chr.	149 BC Chr.	89 BC Chr.	29 BC Chr.	32	92	152	212	272
50	332	392	452	512	572	632	692	752	812	872
60	932	992	1052	1112	1172	1232	1292	1352	1412	1472
70	1532	1592	1652	1712	1772	1832	1892	1952	2012	2072

The consecutive number of the cycle results from the line number added to the column number, for example: Line 30 + column 5 = 35 (cycle corresponds to 569 BC)