Ganzhi (天干地支 = 干支): Chinese Years in Sky - Earth pairs
Years GuiChou (癸丑)
53 113 173 233 293 353 413 473 533 593 653 713 773 833 893 953 1013 1073 1133 1193 1253 1313 1373 1433 1493 1553 1613 1673 1733 1793 1853 1913 1973 2033 2093 2153 2213 2273 2333 2393 2453 2513 2573 2633 2693 2753 2813 2873 2933 2993 3053 3113 3173 3233 3293 3353 3413 3473 3533 3593 3653 3713 3773 3833 3893 3953 4013 4073 4133 4193 4253 4313 4373 4433 4493 4553 4613 4673 4733 4793 4853 4913 4973 5033 5093 5153 5213 5273 5333 5393 5453 5513 5573 5633 5693 5753 5813 5873 5933 5993
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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
