Ganzhi (天干地支 = 干支): Chinese Years in Sky - Earth pairs
Years JiMao (己卯)
19 79 139 199 259 319 379 439 499 559 619 679 739 799 859 919 979 1039 1099 1159 1219 1279 1339 1399 1459 1519 1579 1639 1699 1759 1819 1879 1939 1999 2059 2119 2179 2239 2299 2359 2419 2479 2539 2599 2659 2719 2779 2839 2899 2959 3019 3079 3139 3199 3259 3319 3379 3439 3499 3559 3619 3679 3739 3799 3859 3919 3979 4039 4099 4159 4219 4279 4339 4399 4459 4519 4579 4639 4699 4759 4819 4879 4939 4999 5059 5119 5179 5239 5299 5359 5419 5479 5539 5599 5659 5719 5779 5839 5899 5959
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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