Water snake

癸巳

Water snake ( Guisi , Chinese  癸巳 , Pinyin guǐsì ) is the name of the 30th 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 tenth heavenly stem ( 癸 , guǐ , element water and Yīn ) and the sixth earth branch ( 巳 , sì ), symbolized by the snake ( 蛇 , shé ), 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 Snake year began in 2013 and lasted from February 10, 2013 to January 30, 2014 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year.

The next Water Snake year begins in 2073 and lasts from February 7, 2073 to January 26, 2074.

Water Snake Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the water snake 癸巳 guǐsì is the 30th year (at the beginning of the year: water dragon 壬辰 rénché 29).

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	2668 BC Chr.	2608 BC Chr.	2548 BC Chr.	2488 BC Chr.	2428 BC Chr.	2368 BC Chr.	2308 BC Chr.	2248 BC Chr.	2188 BC Chr.	2128 BC Chr.
10	2068 BC Chr.	2008 BC Chr.	1948 BC Chr.	1888 BC Chr.	1828 BC Chr.	1768 BC Chr.	1708 BC Chr.	1648 BC Chr.	1588 BC Chr.	1528 BC Chr.
20th	1468 BC Chr.	1408 BC Chr.	1348 BC Chr.	1288 BC Chr.	1228 BC Chr.	1168 BC Chr.	1108 BC Chr.	1048 BC Chr.	988 BC Chr.	928 BC Chr.
30th	868 BC Chr.	808 BC Chr.	748 BC Chr.	688 BC Chr.	628 BC Chr.	568 BC Chr.	508 BC Chr.	448 BC Chr.	388 BC Chr.	328 BC Chr.
40	268 BC Chr.	208 BC Chr.	148 BC Chr.	88 BC Chr.	28 BC Chr.	33	93	153	213	273
50	333	393	453	513	573	633	693	753	813	873
60	933	993	1053	1113	1173	1233	1293	1353	1413	1473
70	1533	1593	1653	1713	1773	1833	1893	1953	2013	2073
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 568 v. Chr.