Water pig

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the animal, see Capybara .

癸亥

The water pig ( Guihai , Chinese  癸亥 , Pinyin guǐhài ) is the 60th 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 twelfth earth branch ( 亥 , hài ), symbolized by the pig ( 猪 , zhū ), 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 Pig year began in 1983 and lasted from February 13, 1983 to February 1, 1984 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Water Pig Year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the water pig 癸亥 guǐhài is the 60th year (at the beginning of the year: water dog 壬戌 rénxū 59).

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	2638 BC Chr.	2578 BC Chr.	2518 BC Chr.	2458 BC Chr.	2398 BC Chr.	2338 BC Chr.	2278 BC Chr.	2218 BC Chr.	2158 BC Chr.	2098 BC Chr.
10	2038 BC Chr.	1978 BC Chr.	1918 BC Chr.	1858 BC Chr.	1798 BC Chr.	1738 BC Chr.	1678 BC Chr.	1618 BC Chr.	1558 BC Chr.	1498 BC Chr.
20th	1438 BC Chr.	1378 BC Chr.	1318 BC Chr.	1258 BC Chr.	1198 BC Chr.	1138 BC Chr.	1078 BC Chr.	1018 BC Chr.	958 BC Chr.	898 BC Chr.
30th	838 BC Chr.	778 BC Chr.	718 BC Chr.	658 BC Chr.	598 BC Chr.	538 BC Chr.	478 BC Chr.	418 BC Chr.	358 BC Chr.	298 BC Chr.
40	238 BC Chr.	178 BC Chr.	118 BC Chr.	58 BC Chr.	3	63	123	183	243	303
50	363	423	483	543	603	663	723	783	843	903
60	963	1023	1083	1143	1203	1263	1323	1383	1443	1503
70	1563	1623	1683	1743	1803	1863	1923	1983	2043	2103
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 538 v. Chr.