Water tap
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.
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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).