Water sheep

癸未

The water sheep ( Guiwei , Chinese  癸未 , Pinyin guǐwèi ) is the 20th 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 symbolized by a connection between the tenth heavenly stem ( 癸 , gu Wasser , element water and Yīn ) and the eighth earth branch ( 未 , wèi ), symbolized by the sheep ( 羊 , yáng ), 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 Sheep year began in 2003 and lasted from February 1, 2003 to January 21, 2004 due to the difference between the Chinese and the Gregorian calendar year .

Water Sheep Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the water sheep 癸未 guǐwèi is the 20th year (at the beginning of the year: water horse 壬午 rénwǔ 19).

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	2678 BC Chr.	2618 BC Chr.	2558 BC Chr.	2498 BC Chr.	2438 BC Chr.	2378 BC Chr.	2318 BC Chr.	2258 BC Chr.	2198 BC Chr.	2138 BC Chr.
10	2078 BC Chr.	2018 v. Chr.	1958 BC Chr.	1898 BC Chr.	1838 BC Chr.	1778 BC Chr.	1718 BC Chr.	1658 BC Chr.	1598 BC Chr.	1538 BC Chr.
20th	1478 BC Chr.	1418 BC Chr.	1358 BC Chr.	1298 BC Chr.	1238 BC Chr.	1178 BC Chr.	1118 BC Chr.	1058 BC Chr.	998 BC Chr.	938 BC Chr.
30th	878 BC Chr.	818 BC Chr.	758 BC Chr.	698 BC Chr.	638 BC Chr.	578 BC Chr.	518 BC Chr.	458 BC Chr.	398 BC Chr.	338 BC Chr.
40	278 BC Chr.	218 BC Chr.	158 BC Chr.	98 BC Chr.	38 BC Chr.	23	83	143	203	263
50	323	383	443	503	563	623	683	743	803	863
60	923	983	1043	1103	1163	1223	1283	1343	1403	1463
70	1523	1583	1643	1703	1763	1823	1883	1943	2003	2063
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 578 v. Chr.