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2. Traditional Chinese timekeeping - Wikipedia

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   The time between each gēng is 1 ⁄ 10 of a day, making a gēng 2.4 hours—or 2 hours 24 minutes—long. The 5 gēngs in the night are numbered from one to five: yì gēng (一 更) (alternately chū gēng for "initial watch"); èr gēng ; sān gēng ; sì gēng ; and wǔ gēng .

3. Chinese calendar - Wikipedia

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   An epoch is a particular point in time at which a calendar system may use as its initial time reference, allowing for the consecutive numbering of years from a chosen starting year, date, or time. In the Chinese calendar system, examples include the inauguration of Huangdi or the birth of Confucius.

4. List of observances set by the Chinese calendar - Wikipedia

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   In Singapore, Chinese New Year is the only traditional Chinese public holiday, likewise with Malaysia. Each region has its own holidays on top of this condensed traditional Chinese set. Mainland China and Taiwan observe patriotic holidays, Hong Kong and Macau observe Christian holidays, and Malaysia and Singapore celebrate Malay and Indian ...

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

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   The lunar calendar is based on moon cycles, so the dates of the Lunar New Year celebration can change slightly each year. Here’s everything to know about Lunar New Year 2024. When is Chinese New ...

6. 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.

7. When is the Chinese New Year 2024? Details to know ... - AOL

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   Chinese New Year dates. Twelve animal symbols comprise the Chinese zodiac. Here are the animals and which birth years they are associated with: Rat: 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 ...

8. List of calendars - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of calendars.Included are historical calendars as well as proposed ones. Historical calendars are often grouped into larger categories by cultural sphere or historical period; thus O'Neil (1976) distinguishes the groupings Egyptian calendars (Ancient Egypt), Babylonian calendars (Ancient Mesopotamia), Indian calendars (Hindu and Buddhist traditions of the Indian subcontinent ...

9. Lunisolar calendar - Wikipedia

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   The Chinese calendar or Chinese lunisolar calendar is also called Agricultural Calendar [農曆; 农历; Nónglì; 'farming calendar'], or Yin Calendar [陰曆; 阴历; Yīnlì; 'yin calendar']), based on the concept of Yin Yang [citation needed] and astronomical phenomena, as movements of the sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn ...