Ganzhi (天干地支 = 干支): Chinese Years in Sky - Earth pairs
Years XinChou (辛丑)
41 101 161 221 281 341 401 461 521 581 641 701 761 821 881 941 1001 1061 1121 1181 1241 1301 1361 1421 1481 1541 1601 1661 1721 1781 1841 1901 1961 2021 2081 2141 2201 2261 2321 2381 2441 2501 2561 2621 2681 2741 2801 2861 2921 2981 3041 3101 3161 3221 3281 3341 3401 3461 3521 3581 3641 3701 3761 3821 3881 3941 4001 4061 4121 4181 4241 4301 4361 4421 4481 4541 4601 4661 4721 4781 4841 4901 4961 5021 5081 5141 5201 5261 5321 5381 5441 5501 5561 5621 5681 5741 5801 5861 5921 5981
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The Chinese Calendar with a Sexagesimal dating by Ganzhi (干支)
In the Chinese Calendar, the time has neither beginning, nor end. It's in eternal inchanging cycle.
To quantify the time both abstract and imperceptible, the scientists of the Emperor, often the calendary officers of the Son of the Sky, invented a system of Sexagesimal dating.
The Sky has been divided first into 10 stems, called TianGan (天干) and then the Earth into 12 branches, called DiZhi (地支), each represented by a symbol animal, and also called Chinese Zodiac Animal:
Chinese Writing (Pinyin): Symbol Animal
GanZhi (干支) Year
The combination of the columns TianGan et DiZhi gives 60 exhaustive possibilities. Each combination is a GanZhi, abbreviation of TianGan et DiZhi. These 60 Ganzhi are the Fundamental of the Chinese Zodiac and of the Chinese Astrology.
Each Ganzhi is the name of a year, and each 60 years form a full cycle: it begins by the first year JiaZi (甲子), and ends by the last year GuiHai (癸亥).
We remark that each Ganzhi year is associated with an animal, so in the Chinese Zodiac, the same animal returns at each 12 years.
At each 60 years, the cycle restarts and remains in space and time...
As reference, a remarkable JiaZi (甲子) year is the year 4 AC in the Gregorian Calendar.
60 Possible and Exhaustive Combinations
of Sky and Earth Elements
