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Aug 17, 2023 · Fundamentals

Calculating Chinese Year, Month, and Day with the Celestial Stem & Terrestrial Branch Algorithm

This article explains the ten Celestial Stems and twelve Terrestrial Branches, their symbolic meanings, the 60‑year cycle, and provides step‑by‑step formulas to compute the stem‑branch pair for a given year, month, and day, illustrated with a 2010 example.