Hsia CalendarEdit

IntroductionEdit

The Hsia Calendar (夏历) is also known as the Ten Thousand Year Calendar (万年历). Unlike the Chinese Lunar Calendar, the Hsia Calendar is a Chinese solar sexagenary calendar system, based on a cycle of 60-years.

PurposeEdit

For a given date and time of birth, the Hsia Calendar is used to obtain the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches with which to construct the Four Pillars of Destiny (四柱) of a person. The Four Pillars of Destiny are also known as the Ba Zi (八字), literally the Eight Characters of a person's birth. In ancient China, one use of this form of divination was to select a suitable marriage partner.

The Four Pillars of Destiny are the Year Pillar, the Month Pillar, the Day Pillar and the Hour Pillar. Each Pillar is made up of two components, namely the Heavenly Stem and the Earthly Branch, both of which are read from the Hsia Calendar.

The Hsia Calendar is also used in various types of Feng Shui, or Chinese Geomancy, such as the Flying Star Feng Shui.

SeasonsEdit

There are twelve Seasons (SS) used in the Hsia Calendar. These are based on the relative position of the sun.

Numeral	Season	Notation
1	Early Spring	SS1
2	Mid Spring	SS2
3	Late Spring	SS3
4	Early Summer	SS4
5	Mid Summer	SS5
6	Late Summer	SS6
7	Early Autumn	SS7
8	Mid Autumn	SS8
9	Late Autumn	SS9
10	Early Winter	SS10
11	Mid Winter	SS11
12	Late Winter	SS12

YearsEdit

The following is a list of Gregorian calendar years represented in the Hsia Calendar system:

1900sEdit

1910sEdit

1920sEdit

1930sEdit

1940sEdit

1950sEdit

1960sEdit

1970sEdit

1980sEdit

1990sEdit

2000sEdit

2010sEdit

2020sEdit

2030sEdit

2040sEdit

ReferencesEdit

Joey Yap, "The Ten Thousand Year Calendar - Your Definitive Reference For Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology", JY Books Sdn Bhd; 3rd edition (2004). ISBN: 9834076150

Vincent Koh, "Hsia Calendar: 1924-2024", Asiapac Books (1998). ISBN: 981229077X

Ba Zi/Hsia Calendar

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