Heavenly stems and earthly branches's collocation

In the ancient calendar of China, A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Ren and Gui were called "ten heavenly stems", while Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai were called "twelve earthly branches". The ancients used heavenly stems and earthly branches to represent years, months, days and hours. The year, the month and the day are like four pillars supporting the building of "time", so they are called four pillars. When the ancients formulated heavenly stems and earthly branches's theory, they should have the basis of observation and practice, not the concept made behind closed doors. For example, acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the circulation of meridians, and the selection of points is regular at different days and hours, which conforms to heavenly stems and earthly branches's law. As for future generations who use heavenly stems and earthly branches to tell fortune and predict a person's fate, let's judge its authenticity by ourselves. Ten-day dry cycle combinations of sixty Jiazi and twelve earthly branches: Jiazi, Obu and Bingyin ... Until Guihai, * * * got sixty combinations, which were called sixty Jiazi, and so on, endlessly. Year, month and day are all 60 cycles. 60 is a wonderful number in the field of time. Not only did the ancients in China take 60 as the cycle, but now in the western timing method, one minute is 60 seconds and one hour is 60 minutes. Is it just a coincidence? Similarly, the current 24-hour day corresponds to the traditional 12-hour day in China, and China takes 5 days as a timing cycle. The so-called "five-day waiting" is 60 hours. The following are sixty combinations (called Sixty Jiazi): Jiazi, Yechou, Bingyin, Ding Mao, Chen Wu, Jiu Si, Wu Geng, Xin Wei, Ren Shen, Gui You, JOE, Yi Hai, Bingzi, Ding Chou, Wuyin, Jiuyi, Chen Geng, Xinsi, Renwu and Guiwei. Yisi, Bingwu, Ding Wei, Wushen, Youyou, Geng Xu, Xinhai, Renzi, Guichou, Jiayin, Mao Yi, Chen Bing, Dingsi, Wuwu, Weiwei, Gengshen, Xinyou, Ren Xu and Guihai are marked by 60 Jiazi in turn, with a cycle of 60 years. For example, 19 1 1 was the year of Xinhai, and the Revolution of 1911 broke out. After the handover in spring, the new year begins. For example, in beginning of spring in 2006, it was at 7: 27 am on February 4th, so 7: 26 was still the year of B-You and 7: 27 was the year of C-Xu. In the same way, we record the months in turn with sixty jiazi. A new month begins with a solar term. For example, on March 6, 2006, 0 1: 29 was a shock, so before that, it was Geng, and then it was Xin Maoyue. Gregorian calendar year and Gregorian calendar month are divided according to solar terms. However, the intersection time of solar terms can only be determined after precise observation of astronomical phenomena, which reflects the running position of the solar system and the earth in the universe. A day and night is a day. Mark the days with sixty jiazi in turn. For example, today is Jiazi Day, and tomorrow is night feud, with a cycle of 60 days. A new day begins at midnight. Jishi is divided into 12 equal parts every day, that is, 12 hours. 5 days ***60 hours, represented by 60 Jiazi. For example, the present hour is Bing Yin, and the next hour is Ding Mao. The establishment of time needs to be calculated by looking at the solar time. During the solar calendar and solar calendar, the movement and rotation of the earth around the sun were recorded. The heavenly stems and earthly branches values of the four-column year, month, day and hour are called annual column, moon column, sun column and time column respectively. We often say that a person's horoscope is a four-column record of the time when he was born. It records some information about the relative positions of the earth, the sun and the universe when a person is born. Therefore, in the sense of the eight characters themselves, it is a time record. As for how to interpret the eight characters, that is, different people have different opinions. If you rely too much, it is superstition. Because it only records a small part of a person's information, the universe is so vast and life is so complicated, and a person's life mainly depends on his own efforts and struggles. As can be seen from the above, heavenly stems and earthly branches's record of time is strictly astronomical and has nothing to do with the moon. The ancient calendar in China is a combination of yin and yang, and heavenly stems and earthly branches is a part of the solar calendar, which is an accurate solar calendar.