Ganzhi (天干地支 = 干支): Chinese Years in Sky - Earth pairs
Years GuiSi (癸巳)
33 93 153 213 273 333 393 453 513 573 633 693 753 813 873 933 993 1053 1113 1173 1233 1293 1353 1413 1473 1533 1593 1653 1713 1773 1833 1893 1953 2013 2073 2133 2193 2253 2313 2373 2433 2493 2553 2613 2673 2733 2793 2853 2913 2973 3033 3093 3153 3213 3273 3333 3393 3453 3513 3573 3633 3693 3753 3813 3873 3933 3993 4053 4113 4173 4233 4293 4353 4413 4473 4533 4593 4653 4713 4773 4833 4893 4953 5013 5073 5133 5193 5253 5313 5373 5433 5493 5553 5613 5673 5733 5793 5853 5913 5973
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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