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birthday
7-9 am
time
birthday
sunlight
Year 5, year of the Dragon
41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
anniversary of a death
cinnabar
seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072