Meaning of '戊子' in '戊子鼠年'

[calibre2001]

I can't find the meaning ( in that context) anywhere.

Anyhow, 过年来! 新年快乐! 恭喜发财!

[xiaocai]

This might be helpful if you read Chinese.

[wangdong0102]

there is a kind of permanent calendar,we consider that 60years is a circle just like we consider one year composed of 12months,their name is made as follows:

六十年甲子（干支表）

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

甲子 乙丑 丙寅 丁卯 戊辰 己巳 庚午 辛未 壬申 癸酉

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

甲戌 乙亥 丙子 丁丑 戊寅 己卯 庚辰 辛己 壬午 癸未

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

甲申 乙酉 丙戌 丁亥 戊子 己丑 庚寅 辛卯 壬辰 癸巳

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

甲午 乙未 丙申 丁酉 戊戌 己亥 庚子 辛丑 壬寅 癸丑

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

甲辰 乙巳 丙午 丁未 戊申 己酉 庚戌 辛亥 壬子 癸丑

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

甲寅 乙卯 丙辰 丁巳 戊午 己未 庚申 辛酉 壬戌 癸亥

so you can see the "戊子"is the number 25,and you can also say that the next year is “己丑牛”

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