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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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