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TenHeavenlyStemsandTwelveEarthly
Branches
Introduction
Short for StemBranch or
GanZhi, the Heavenly
Stems
and
Earthly
Branches are the most
important counting system
in the Chinese calendar.
Thereare10Stemsand12
Branches.
Contents
1.Introduction
2.10HeavenlyStems
3.12EarthlyBranches
4.The60YearCycle(SexagenaryCycle)
5.Howtocalculatetheyearandmonth?
6.12EarthlyBranchesandtheHour
2016Calendar
2017Calendar
ChineseHolidays
24SolarTerms
HeavenlyStemsandEarthlyBranches
7.StemBranchandYin/Yang
8.StemBranchandFiveElements
9.CompatibilitiesandClashesoftheStem
Branch
10HeavenlyStems
10
Heavenly
Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui
Stems
Chinese
Character
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The60YearCycle(SexagenaryCycle)
The10stems,eachispairedwithanearthlybranchforminga60YearCycle
which is a cycle of sixty terms and used for recording days, months and
years.ItstartswithJiaZiandendswithGuiHai.Hereunderisthematchof
StemsandBranches.TheruleisthattheYangHeavenlyStemsmatchthe
YangEarthlyBranches,andtheYinStemsmatchtheYinBranches(get to
knowTheRelationshipbetweentheStemBranchandYin/Yang).
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Jia
Yi
Bing
Zi
Chou
Yin
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8
9
10
Wu
JiSi
Chen
Geng
Wu
Xin
Wei
Ren
Shen
Gui
You
15
17
18
19
20
Ding
Mao
14
16
Jia
Yi
Bing Ding Wu Ji
HeavenlyStemsandEarthlyBranches
Xu
hai
Zi
Chou
Yin
Mao
Geng
Chen
Xin
Si
Ren
Wu
Gui
Wei
21
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23
24
25
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29
30
Jia
Yi
Shen You
Bing
Xu
Ding
Hai
Wu
Zi
Ji
Geng
Chou Yin
Xin
Mao
Ren Gui
Chen Si
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32
33
34
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37
38
39
Jia
Wu
Yi
Wei
Bing
Shen
Ding
You
Wu
Xu
Ji
Hai
Geng
Zi
Xin Ren
Chou Yin
Gui
Mao
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42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Jia
YiSi
Chen
Bing
Wu
Ding
Wei
Wu Ji
Shen You
Geng
Xu
Xin
Hai
Ren
Zi
Gui
Chou
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
Jia
Yin
Yi
Mao
Bing
Chen
Ding
Si
Wu
Wu
Ji
Wei
Geng
Shen
Xin
You
Ren
Xu
Gui
Hai
Wedding
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Howtocalculatetheyearandmonth?
OnChinesecalendarsandalmanacs,youcanseethiskindofnote:e.g.For
May1,2015,thecalendarshowsMarch13,YiWei(Sheep)Year(2015),
DingChouDay,GengChenMonth.ThisistheuseoftheHeavenlyStems
and Earthly Branches. Its used for recording the year, month and day.
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Hereunderishowtocalculatetheyearandmonth:
Calculatetheyear:AsyoucanseefromtheChinesecalendar,2015isYi
WeiYear.Togetthis,followthestepsbelow:
20153=2012('subtracting3fromtheGregorianyear')
201260=33('divideby60anddiscardanyfraction')
2012(6033)=32('takingtheremainder')
Lookfor32fromtheabovetableandwegetYiWeifortheyearof2015.
Findthezodiacanimaloftheyear:
InChineseculture,eachoftheEarthlyBranchhasacorrespondinganimal.
FollowingistherelationshipbetweentheEarthlyBranchandChineseZodiac
Animals:
Earthly
Branch
Zi
Chou Yin
Chinese
Rat Ox
Zodiac
Mao
Chen
Si
Wu
Wei
Shen
You
Xu
Hai
Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Sheep Monkey Rooster Dog Pig
Aswealreadyknow2015isYiWeiyear.Weiistheearthlybranchfor2015,
checkWeiintheabovetable,weknowthatthecorrespondingzodiacanimal
isSheep.So,2015isyearoftheSheep.
Calculatethemonth:
Hereunderistherelationshipbetweenthestemoftheyearandthestemof
themonth.Take2015forexample,aswealreadyknowYiistheHeavenly
Stemfor2015,wecangetJanuaryisWuYin,FebruayisJiMao,Marchis
GengChenfromthefollowingtable.Pleasenotethatthemonthhereunder
refers to the Chinese lunar month. You can use our GregorianChinese
CalendarConverterontheChinesecalendarpagetogettheChineselunar
month.
Stem Stemofthemonth
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2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
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10th
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month month month month month month month month month month month month
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Jiaor Bing
Ji
Yin
Ding
Mao
Wu
Chen
JiSi
Geng Xin
Wu
Wei
HeavenlyStemsandEarthlyBranches
Yi or Wu
Geng Yin
Ji
Mao
Ren
Shen
Gui
You
Jia
Xu
YiHai
Bing
Zi
Ding
Chou
Ji
Chou
Geng
Ren
XinSi
Chen
Wu
Gui
Wei
Jia
Shen
Yi
You
Bing
Xu
Ding
Hai
WuZi
JiHai
Geng Xin
Zi
Chou
Bing
or
Xin
Geng Xin
Yin
Mao
Ren
Chen
Gui
Si
Jia
Wu
Yi
Wei
Bing
Shen
Ding
You
Wu
Xu
Ding
or
Ren
Ren
Yin
Gui
Mao
Jia
Chen
YiSi
Bing
Wu
Ding
Wei
Wu
Shen
Ji
You
Geng Xin
Xu
Hai
Ren
Zi
Gui
Chou
Wu
or
Gui
Jia
Yin
Yi
Mao
Bing
Chen
Ding
Si
Wu
Wu
Ji
Wei
Geng Xin
Shen You
Ren
Xu
JiaZi
Yi
Chou
Gui
Hai
12EarthlyBranchesandtheHour
The12earthlybranchesnotonlystandfor12Chineseanimalsbutalso12
hours.Intheoldtimes,therewasnoconceptionof24hourforaday.People
divided a day into 12 Shichen. Hereunder is the relationship between 12
Shichenandthepresenttimesystem:
12shichen
Thepresenttime
Zihour
23:0001:00
Chouhour
01:0003:00
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Yinhour
03:0005:00
Maohour
05:0007:00
Chenhour
07:0009:00
Sihour
09:0011:00
Wuhour
11:0013:00
Weihour
13:0015:00
Shenhour
15:0017:00
Youhour
17:0019:00
Xuhour
19:0021:00
Haihour
21:0023:00
StemBranchandYin/Yang
HeavenlyStem
EarthlyBranch
Yang
Jia,Bing,Wu,Geng,Ren
Zi,Yin,Chen,Wu,Shen,Xu
Yin
Yi,Ding,Ji,Xin,Gui
Chou,Mao,Si,Wei,You,Hai
Note:
Yin:negative/passive/femaleprincipleinnature
Yang:positive/active/maleprincipleinnature
StemBranchandFiveElements
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FiveElement
HeavenlyStem
EarthlyBranch
Wood
Jia,Yi
Yin,Mao,Chen
Fire
Bing,Ding
Si,Wu,Wei
Earth
Wu,Ji
Chen,Xu,Chou,Mo
Metal
Geng,Xin
Shen,You,Xu
Water
Ren,Gui
Hai,Zi,Chou
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CompatibilitiesandClashesoftheStemBranch
Compatibilities
Earthly
Branch
Clashes
Jia Wu, Yi Ji,
BingGeng,Ding
Xin, Wu Ren,
Ji Gui, Geng
Jia, Xin Yi, Ren
Bing,GuiDing
SixCompatibilities:ZiandChoucombined
into Earth Yin and Hai combined into
Wood Mao and Xu combined into Fire
ChenandYoucombinedintoMetalSiand
Shen combined into Water Wu and Wei
Zi Wu, Mao
combinedintothesunandmoon
You, Yin Shen,
Si Hai, Chen
Three Compatibilities: Shen, Zi and Chen Xu,ChouWei
combined into Water Hai, Mao and Wei
combined into Wood Yin, Wu and Xu
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