Heavenly stems and earthly branches (or Tian Gan Di Zhi, commonly abbreviated to Gan Zhi) are the basic units of the ancient Chinese astronomical calendar, which originated from the observation of ...

The lunisolar calendar that developed in China combines two categories: 12 earthly branches, each of which corresponds to an animal, and 10 heavenly stems, each of which corresponds to one of the ...

Each year in the calendar is given a name using a combination of 12 earthly branches — each of which corresponds to an animal in the zodiac — and 10 heavenly stems. This new year will be named ...

There’s also a complex sexagenary cycle made up of 10 heavenly stems and 12 earthly branches. Every year, a heavenly stem (one of five elements, which fall into the yin or yang category ...

or "Ten Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches" — a traditional Chinese astronomical calendar established during the Shang dynasty, which ruled from about 1600 B.C. to about 1045 B.C ...

Each pillar consists of a Heavenly Stem and an Earthly Branch, reflecting the interplay of cosmic forces and earthly energies that shape your existence. The Heavenly Stems in BaZi correspond to ...

Then, just as they arrived at the finish line, Rat jumped down and landed ahead of Ox, becoming first. The Rat is also associated with the Earthly Branch (地支—dì zhī) Zi (子) and the midnight hours. In ...