• The sexagenary cycle, also known as the stems-and-branches or ganzhi (Chinese: 干支), is a cycle of sixty terms, each corresponding to one year, thus a total...
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    information for the current, 79th Sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar based on the 2697 BC epoch or the 78th cycle if using the 2637 BC epoch. Timestamp...
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    calendar. The sexagenary cycle begins at lichun. Each of the Chinese lunar years are associated with a combination of the ten Heavenly Stems (Chinese: 天干; pinyin:...
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    The Metonic cycle or enneadecaeteris (from Ancient Greek: ἐννεακαιδεκαετηρίς, from ἐννεακαίδεκα, "nineteen") is a period of almost exactly 19 years after...
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    Calendar (redirect from Time cycles)
    include the traditional calendar of China, the Hindu calendar in India and Nepal, and the Hebrew calendar. The week cycle is an example of one that is not...
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  • republican era. The People's Republic of China adopted the common era calendar in 1949 (the 38th year of the Chinese Republic). An epoch in computing is the...
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  • Gould's Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle (1987) also deals in large part with the evolution of the concept. In Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle, Gould cited one of the...
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    the Boar is the twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in Chinese zodiac, in relation to the Chinese calendar and system of horology, and...
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    with the lunar calendar in China. The most celebrated Chinese holidays, like the Spring Festival (Chunjie, 春節), or the Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival...
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    The Sothic cycle or Canicular period is a period of 1,461 Egyptian civil years of 365 days each or 1,460 Julian years averaging 365+1⁄4 days each. During...
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