THE CHINESE CYCLE OF SIXTY YEARS,
Commences with the 61st year of the emperor Wangtí,
2637 years, B.C.
甲子 甲戌甲申甲午
甲辰|甲寅
1804
1814
1824
1934
1844
1854
乙丑乙亥
乙乙乙乙外
1805
1815
1825
1835
1845
1855
丙寅丙子
丙戊
丙申
丙午丙辰
1806
1816
1826
丁卯
丁丑
丁亥
1807
1817
1827
戊辰戊寅
戊子
1808
1818
1828
已己 己 己丑
1809
1819
1829
庚午庚辰|庚寅
1910
1820
1830
1846
丁未[J巳
1847
戊申戊午
1848
己巳未
1849
辛辛巴辛辛辛亥
1859
庚申
1860
辛西
1936
1856
丁酉
丁未
1837
1857
戊戌
1838
1858
已亥
1839
庚子
庚戌
1810
1850
1811
1821
1831
1841
1851
1861
壬申|壬午|壬辰| 壬寅|壬子
壬戌
1812
1822
1832
1842
1852
1862
癸 癸未癸已癸 癸外 金丑
亥
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.
ECLIPSES.
1. A partial eclipse of the Sun, March 5, invisible at Greenwich. 2. A total eclipse of the Moon, March 19, visible 3. A partial eclipse of the Sun, April 3, invisible 4. A partial eclipse of the Sun, August 28, invisible 5. A total eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 12, visible 6 A partial eclipse of the Sun, Sept. 26, invisible 7. A transit of Mercury, November 8-9, visible
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