Water tap

The title of this article is ambiguous. The shut-off device for water is located under the tap .

癸酉

The water tap ( Guiyou , Chinese  癸酉 , Pinyin guǐyǒu ) is the 10th year of the Chinese calendar (see table 天 支 60-year cycle). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and denotes those lunar years that are linked by a connection between the tenth heavenly stem ( 癸 , guǐ , element water and Yīn ) and the tenth earth branch ( 酉 , yǒu ), symbolized by the rooster ( 鷄 , jī ), 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 tap year began in 1993 and lasted from January 23, 1993 to February 9, 1994 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Water tap year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the water tap 癸酉 guǐyǒu is the 10th year (at the beginning of the year: water monkey 壬申 rénshēn 9).

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	2688 BC Chr.	2628 BC Chr.	2568 BC Chr.	2508 BC Chr.	2448 BC Chr.	2388 BC Chr.	2328 BC Chr.	2268 BC Chr.	2208 BC Chr.	2148 BC Chr.
10	2088 BC Chr.	2028 BC Chr.	1968 BC Chr.	1908 BC Chr.	1848 BC Chr.	1788 BC Chr.	1728 BC Chr.	1668 BC Chr.	1608 BC Chr.	1548 BC Chr.
20th	1488 BC Chr.	1428 BC Chr.	1368 BC Chr.	1308 BC Chr.	1248 BC Chr.	1188 BC Chr.	1128 BC Chr.	1068 BC Chr.	1008 BC Chr.	948 BC Chr.
30th	888 BC Chr.	828 BC Chr.	768 BC Chr.	708 BC Chr.	648 BC Chr.	588 BC Chr.	528 BC Chr.	468 BC Chr.	408 BC Chr.	348 BC Chr.
40	288 BC Chr.	228 BC Chr.	168 BC Chr.	108 BC Chr.	48 BC Chr.	13	73	133	193	253
50	313	373	433	493	553	613	673	733	793	853
60	913	973	1033	1093	1153	1213	1273	1333	1393	1453
70	1513	1573	1633	1693	1753	1813	1873	1933	1993	2053
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 588 v. Chr.