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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.