Water rat

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壬子

The water rat ( Renzi , Chinese  壬子 , Pinyin rénzǐ ) is the 49th 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 first earth branch ( 子 , zǐ ), symbolized by the rat ( 鼠 , shǔ ), 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 Rat year began in 1972 and lasted from February 15, 1972 to February 2, 1973 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Water Rat Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the water rat 壬子 rénzǐ is the 49th year (at the beginning of the year: metal pig 辛亥 xīnhài 48).

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	2649 BC Chr.	2589 BC Chr.	2529 BC Chr.	2469 BC Chr.	2409 BC Chr.	2349 BC Chr.	2289 BC Chr.	2229 BC Chr.	2169 BC Chr.	2109 BC Chr.
10	2049 BC Chr.	1989 BC Chr.	1929 BC Chr.	1869 BC Chr.	1809 BC Chr.	1749 BC Chr.	1689 BC Chr.	1629 BC Chr.	1569 BC Chr.	1509 BC Chr.
20th	1449 BC Chr.	1389 BC Chr.	1329 BC Chr.	1269 BC Chr.	1209 BC Chr.	1149 BC Chr.	1089 BC Chr.	1029 BC Chr.	969 BC Chr.	909 BC Chr.
30th	849 BC Chr.	789 BC Chr.	729 BC Chr.	669 BC Chr.	609 BC Chr.	549 BC Chr.	489 BC Chr.	429 BC Chr.	369 BC Chr.	309 BC Chr.
40	249 BC Chr.	189 BC Chr.	129 BC Chr.	69 BC Chr.	9 v. Chr.	52	112	172	232	292
50	352	412	472	532	592	652	712	772	832	892
60	952	1012	1072	1132	1192	1252	1312	1372	1432	1492
70	1552	1612	1672	1732	1792	1852	1912	1972	2032	2092
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 549 v. Chr.