Is 2024 the year of the Lunar New Year or the Year of the First Chen? Many people should already know: Jiachen!
That's right! 2024 is the year of Jiachen, so do you know why it is the year of Jiachen? The reason is that there are 60 jiazi, 60 stem and branch combinations, and every 60 years is a cycle, and it goes down year by year, and then it starts again after the Jiazi, and so on.
So, how do you know that 2024 is the year of Jiachen, not the year of Guimao? In addition to querying the yellow calendar and perpetual calendar, is there any other more convenient way?
Tell me a trick for you! Up to 1 minute, you will know it in any year!
Remember the order of the ten heavenly stems: A, B, C, D, E, G, G, XIN, NON, and DE, and mark them: A-4, B-5, C-6, D-7, E-8, H-9, G-0, Xin-1, N-2, and De-3.
Then remember the order of the twelve earthly branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai, and also mark them, which are: Zi-4, Chou-5, Yin-6, Mao-7, Chen-8, Si-9, Wu-10, Wei-11, Shen-12, You-1, Xu-2, Hai-3.
No need to memorize, the order of the sexagenary branch is needless to say, the corresponding numbers are all from 4, ten days to 10, recorded as 0, and then start, a total of 10 Arabic numerals; The twelve earthly branches count to 12 and start again, for a total of 12 numbers.
You ready? We officially begin to calculate the stems and earthly branches for any given year:
The remainder obtained by dividing the year by the total number of heavenly stems 10 is compared with the heavenly stem mark just now, the remainder is the number, and the corresponding heavenly stem is the heavenly stem of this year;
The remainder obtained by dividing the year by the total number of branches 12 is compared with the mark of the branch, the remainder is the number, and the corresponding branch is the branch of the year.
Simple! Now let's look at what is the dry branch in 2024? 2024 is divided by 10, and the remainder is 4, which corresponds to the heavenly stem as A; 2024 is divided by 12, and the remainder is 8, which corresponds to the earthly branch.
Then, the dry branch in 2024 will be Jiachen! Will it be? Not just 2024, this method will work for any year!