When is Geng Shen in daily life?

In the traditional calendar of China, Gengshen is used to record the year, not the time of day.

Gengshen is one of the main branches, with a rank of 57. The former is my own, and the latter is my heart. On the theory of yin and yang and five elements, the Geng of heavenly stems belongs to the gold of yang, and the use of earthly branches belongs to the gold of yang, with a good proportion.

Divide years by 60, years by 3, years by 10, and years by 12. The years from the first day of the first month of that year to the New Year's Eve of the following year are "Gengshen Year", such as 1980 (People's Republic of China (PRC) period) and 1928.

Extended data

Chronology of cadres and branches is a chronology method used since ancient times in the history of China.

The trunk is heavenly stems and earthly branches's floor.

The ten symbols of A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Ren and Gui are called Tiangan; The twelve symbols of Zi, Ugliness, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai are called earthly branches.

Match the order of branches, a week is 60, and repeat the record, which is also commonly known as "branch table". It takes beginning of spring as the beginning of the year and festivals as the beginning of the month. When you get old, you will return to that year, and one section is a month.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Gengshen