Sexagenary cycle · position 60 of 60

癸亥

Yin Water Pig 癸亥: 1923, 1983, 2043 Years & Na Yin

癸亥 Guǐ–Hài is pillar 60 of 60: Yin Water over the Pig’s Water branch, with Na Yin Great-sea water 大海水. It names 1923, 1983, 2043 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

Guǐ–Hài

Branch
亥 Hai
Na Yin
大海水
Pig in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 10/10癸GuiYin Water
Earthly Branch · 12/12亥HaiPig · Yin Water
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 癸亥

01 · Visible stem

癸

Gui

Yin Water, stem 10 in the ten-stem sequence.

02 · Phase relation

Reinforcing

The stem and branch both carry Water, so this pair repeats one phase rather than linking two phases.

Great-sea water

Great-sea water gathers many streams into a body larger than any one of its sources. Read beside a day pillar, it suggests breadth, receptiveness and the capacity to hold several currents within one setting. Its contrast with a narrow channel is scale: the question becomes how individual movements remain intelligible inside a much more encompassing whole.

大海水

English association
Great-sea water
Associated phase
水 Water
Shares this Na Yin
壬戌 Yang Water Dog

The 亥 Hai coordinate

Animal
Pig
Branch polarity
Yin
Double hour
21:00–22:59
Month opens at
立冬 Start of Winter
Direction
North-northwest

Inside this branch · 藏干

Hidden stems carried by 亥

The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 癸 Gui as the reference stem.

  1. 01

    壬

    Primary interior stem

    劫财 Rob Wealth
  2. 02

    甲

    Middle interior stem

    伤官 Hurting Officer
Open all twelve hidden-stem interiors

Where 癸亥 returns

Cycle position
60 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲寅
Void branches · 空亡
子 Rat · 丑 Ox
Stem stage at this branch
帝旺 Prosperity

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1923癸亥
  2. 1983癸亥
  3. 2043癸亥
Read the Chinese New Year and Li Chun boundaries →

癸亥 as a day pillar

Gui’s traditional description emphasises quietness, subtle movement and the ability to nourish through contact. Its Day Master image invites a reading of close observation, responsiveness and influence exercised in small increments. A useful reflection is how something understated becomes effective. The wider chart supplies the context for understanding where this Water is gathered, supported or drawn into activity.

癸 above 亥

The stem and branch both carry Water, so this pair repeats one phase rather than linking two phases. The day branch holds Ren 壬 (Rob Wealth), Jia 甲 (Hurting Officer) relative to this Day Master.