Numbers and months corresponding to the twelve earthly branches

Twelve branches are also called twelve branches. Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai. Heavenly stems and earthly branches constituted the calendar year of the ancient Han nationality. According to the folklore of the Han nationality, the heavenly dryness corresponds to some omens. The ancients matched it with Tiangan to show the order of year, month and time. Old-fashioned timekeeping also means order with ground support, such as child time, clown time and so on.

The year and month are marked by the dry branch method, that is, the month of eight characters is represented by twelve branches, and the month of eight characters is divided by twenty-four solar terms. Simply put, there is not a one-to-one correspondence between the twelve earthly branches and the lunar month. A simple way to divide the horoscope month: according to the solar calendar, each month has two solar terms, the first one is "Festival" and the last one is "Qi and Zhong Qi". August is divided according to the previous festivals.

The number of months is equal to the number of months in the Gregorian calendar minus one. Beginning of spring is the symbol that divides a year into the first month. The relationship between the twelve earthly branches and the eight-character month: Yin, the first month; Mao, February; Chen, March; April, April; Afternoon, May; No, June; Shen, July; Unitary, August; Hey, September; Hai, October; Son, November; Ugly, December.

Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai, Zi and Ugly.

Positive, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and December.

Yin, Mao and Chen are spring in February and March of the lunar calendar. In spring, everything germinates and breeds, and the three are combined into wood.

It's April, May and June of the lunar calendar. In summer, everything blooms, the weather is hot, and triads are on fire.

Shen, You and Xu are in the autumn of July, August and September in the lunar calendar. Everything is mature in autumn, and the underworld is golden.

Shanghai, Confucius and Ugliness are the winter in November of the lunar calendar. In winter, everything is underground, the ground is covered with ice and snow, and the three are water.