sexagenary cycle
E381210
The sexagenary cycle is a traditional East Asian system that combines ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches into a repeating 60-term sequence used for naming years, months, days, and hours.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 12 Earthly Branches | 1 |
| Chinese astrology | 1 |
| Imjin year of the sexagenary cycle | 1 |
| sexagenary cycle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3720600 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sexagenary cycle Context triple: [traditional Chinese calendar, hasComponent, sexagenary cycle]
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A.
traditional Chinese calendar
The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar system that combines lunar months with solar terms to guide festivals, agriculture, and daily life in Chinese culture.
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B.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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C.
Metonic cycle
The Metonic cycle is a 19-year astronomical period after which the phases of the Moon recur on the same days of the solar year, forming the basis for many lunisolar calendars.
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D.
Cishousi
Cishousi is a subway station in Beijing named after the nearby historic Cishou Temple, serving passengers on the city's Line 7.
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E.
Calendar Round
The Calendar Round is a Mesoamerican cyclical dating system that combines a 260-day ritual calendar with a 365-day solar calendar to produce repeating 52-year periods.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sexagenary cycle Target entity description: The sexagenary cycle is a traditional East Asian system that combines ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches into a repeating 60-term sequence used for naming years, months, days, and hours.
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A.
traditional Chinese calendar
The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar system that combines lunar months with solar terms to guide festivals, agriculture, and daily life in Chinese culture.
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B.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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C.
Metonic cycle
The Metonic cycle is a 19-year astronomical period after which the phases of the Moon recur on the same days of the solar year, forming the basis for many lunisolar calendars.
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D.
Cishousi
Cishousi is a subway station in Beijing named after the nearby historic Cishou Temple, serving passengers on the city's Line 7.
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E.
Calendar Round
The Calendar Round is a Mesoamerican cyclical dating system that combines a 260-day ritual calendar with a 365-day solar calendar to produce repeating 52-year periods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
calendar system
ⓘ
cyclical dating system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ganzhi
ⓘ
stem-branch cycle ⓘ |
| appliedTo | Chinese zodiac ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese zodiac
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese astrology
Chinese zodiac ⓘ
surface form:
East Asian astrology
|
| basisFor | traditional year designation in imperial China ⓘ |
| classification | lunisolar calendar element ⓘ |
| combines |
ten heavenly stems
ⓘ
twelve earthly branches ⓘ |
| cycleLength | 60 years ⓘ |
| documentedIn | oracle bone inscriptions ⓘ |
| encodes |
five elements (wuxing)
ⓘ
yin-yang attributes ⓘ |
| forms | repeating 60-term sequence ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
earthly branches
ⓘ
heavenly stems ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfTerms | 60 ⓘ |
| hasOrderingRule | pairing stems and branches sequentially ⓘ |
| hasTotalEarthlyBranches | 12 ⓘ |
| hasTotalHeavenlyStems | 10 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese traditional calendrical naming
ⓘ
Korean traditional calendrical naming ⓘ Vietnamese traditional calendrical naming ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Jupiter orbital cycle (approximate) ⓘ |
| mapsTo | animal signs via earthly branches ⓘ |
| originatedIn | ancient China ⓘ |
| partOf | traditional Chinese calendar ⓘ |
| repeatsEvery |
60 days
ⓘ
60 years ⓘ |
| standardizedIn |
Han dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Han dynasty China
|
| timeGranularity |
day
ⓘ
hour ⓘ month ⓘ year ⓘ |
| usedFor |
naming days
ⓘ
naming hours ⓘ naming months ⓘ naming years ⓘ |
| usedIn |
China
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
traditional East Asian almanacs ⓘ |
| usedInContextOf |
Chinese metaphysics
ⓘ
feng shui ⓘ |
| usedSince | at least late Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| usedToRecord | historical dates in East Asian chronicles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: sexagenary cycle Description of subject: The sexagenary cycle is a traditional East Asian system that combines ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches into a repeating 60-term sequence used for naming years, months, days, and hours.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chinese astrology
this entity surface form:
Imjin year of the sexagenary cycle
this entity surface form:
12 Earthly Branches