Ganzhi (天干地支 = 干支): Chinese Years in Sky - Earth pairs
Years JiaChen (甲辰)
44 104 164 224 284 344 404 464 524 584 644 704 764 824 884 944 1004 1064 1124 1184 1244 1304 1364 1424 1484 1544 1604 1664 1724 1784 1844 1904 1964 2024 2084 2144 2204 2264 2324 2384 2444 2504 2564 2624 2684 2744 2804 2864 2924 2984 3044 3104 3164 3224 3284 3344 3404 3464 3524 3584 3644 3704 3764 3824 3884 3944 4004 4064 4124 4184 4244 4304 4364 4424 4484 4544 4604 4664 4724 4784 4844 4904 4964 5024 5084 5144 5204 5264 5324 5384 5444 5504 5564 5624 5684 5744 5804 5864 5924 5984
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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