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  2. Chinese zodiac - Wikipedia

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    For example, a person born a Tiger is 12, 24, 36, (etc.) years old in the year of the Tiger (2022); in the year of the Rabbit (2023), that person is one year older. The following table shows the 60-year cycle matched up to the Gregorian calendar for 1924–2043. The sexagenary cycle begins at lichun about February 4 according to some ...

  3. Chinese calendar correspondence table - Wikipedia

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    Relationship between the current Sexagenary cycle and Gregorian calendar. This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western calendar, and other related 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.

  4. Ox (zodiac) - Wikipedia

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    The Ox is the second of the 12-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar, and also appears in related calendar systems. The Chinese term translated here as ox is in Chinese niú ( 牛 ), a word generally referring to cows, bulls, or neutered types of the bovine family, such as ...

  5. Tiger (zodiac) - Wikipedia

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    1 February 2022: 21 January 2023: Water Tiger 19 February 2034: 7 February 2035: Wood Tiger 6 February 2046: 25 January 2047: Fire Tiger 24 January 2058: 11 February 2059: Earth Tiger 11 February 2070: 30 January 2071: Metal Tiger 29 January 2082: 16 February 2083: Water Tiger 15 February 2094: 04 February 2095: Wood Tiger 4 February 2106: 23 ...

  6. Chinese New Year 2024: Dates, this year's animal, and why it ...

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    And what animal represents 2024 in the lunar calendar? Lunar New Year is most commonly celebrated in China and other Asian countries. ... Lunar New year 2024 animal. ... Ox: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961 ...

  7. Chinese astrology - Wikipedia

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    The system of the twelve-year cycle of animal signs was built from observations of the orbit of Jupiter (the Year Star; simplified Chinese: 岁星; traditional Chinese: 歳星; pinyin: Suìxīng). Following the orbit of Jupiter around the Sun, Chinese astronomers divided the celestial circle into 12 sections, and rounded it to 12 years (from 11 ...

  8. The Lunar New Year Traditions and Superstitions, Explained - AOL

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    As The New York Times explains, “A solar year—the time it takes Earth to orbit the sun—lasts around 365 days, while a lunar year, or 12 full cycles of the Moon, is roughly 354 days.” As ...

  9. Lunisolar calendar - Wikipedia

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    Between the last year of one cycle and the first year of the next the increment is 12 – the saltus lunae (Latin for 'leap of the moon') – which causes the epacts to repeat every 19 years. When the epact reaches 30 or higher, an intercalary month is added and 30 is subtracted.