Ganzhi (天干地支 = 干支): Chinese Years in Sky - Earth pairs
Years JiChou (己丑)
29 89 149 209 269 329 389 449 509 569 629 689 749 809 869 929 989 1049 1109 1169 1229 1289 1349 1409 1469 1529 1589 1649 1709 1769 1829 1889 1949 2009 2069 2129 2189 2249 2309 2369 2429 2489 2549 2609 2669 2729 2789 2849 2909 2969 3029 3089 3149 3209 3269 3329 3389 3449 3509 3569 3629 3689 3749 3809 3869 3929 3989 4049 4109 4169 4229 4289 4349 4409 4469 4529 4589 4649 4709 4769 4829 4889 4949 5009 5069 5129 5189 5249 5309 5369 5429 5489 5549 5609 5669 5729 5789 5849 5909 5969
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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