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THE CHINESE cycle OF SIXTY YEARS,
Commences with the 1st year of the emperor, Wángtí, 2637 years, B. C.
甲子 甲戌甲申甲午甲辰
甲寅
1804
1814
1824
1834
1844
1854
乙丑 乙乙乙乙乙
1805
1815
1825
1835
1845
1855
丙寅 丙子 丙戌丙申
丙午
丙辰
1806
1816
1826
1836
1846
丁丁丑 丁亥丁丁未
1807
1817
1827
1837
1847
1856
丁巳
1857
戊辰| 戊寅| 戊子 戊戌戊申
戊午
1808
1818
1828
1838
1848
1858
己已 已已丑 已 己酉
已丑亥
已亥己酉
己未
1809
1819
1829
1839
1849
1859
庚午庚辰
1810
1820
1840
辛未
辛巳
辛 辛丑
1811
1821
1831
1841
壬申壬午 壬辰
壬寅
1812
1822
1832
癸酉癸未
癸巳
癸
庚寅庚子庚戌
1830
1842
辛亥
1851
壬子
1852
癸丑
1860
辛酉
1861
壬戌
1862
癸亥
庚申
1850
1813
1823
1833
1843
1853
1863
The Chinese year is luni-solar, comprising twelve lunar months, to which an intercalary month is added, when requisite to preserve correspondence with the solar year. When, during a lunar month, the sun does not enter any sign of the Zodiac, that month is inter- calary, and the year contains thirteen months. In the current year there is no intercalary month.