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Rabjung counts the round

Animal and element repeat. The numbered sixty-year rabjung identifies which recurrence a historical date belongs to.

All sixty year names

year	Wylie	English
1	me mo yos	fire female Hare
2	sa pho 'brug	earth male Dragon
3	sa mo sbrul	earth female Snake
4	lcags pho rta	iron male Horse
5	lcags mo lug	iron female Sheep
6	chu pho sprel	water male Monkey
7	chu mo bya	water female Bird
8	shing pho khyi	wood male Dog
9	shing mo phag	wood female Pig
10	me pho byi ba	fire male Rat
11	me mo glang	fire female Ox
12	sa pho stag	earth male Tiger
13	sa mo yos	earth female Hare
14	lcags pho 'brug	iron male Dragon
15	lcags mo sbrul	iron female Snake
16	chu pho rta	water male Horse
17	chu mo lug	water female Sheep
18	shing pho sprel	wood male Monkey
19	shing mo bya	wood female Bird
20	me pho khyi	fire male Dog
21	me mo phag	fire female Pig
22	sa pho byi ba	earth male Rat
23	sa mo glang	earth female Ox
24	lcags pho stag	iron male Tiger
25	lcags mo yos	iron female Hare
26	chu pho 'brug	water male Dragon
27	chu mo sbrul	water female Snake
28	shing pho rta	wood male Horse
29	shing mo lug	wood female Sheep
30	me pho sprel	fire male Monkey
31	me mo bya	fire female Bird
32	sa pho khyi	earth male Dog
33	sa mo phag	earth female Pig
34	lcags pho byi ba	iron male Rat
35	lcags mo glang	iron female Ox
36	chu pho stag	water male Tiger
37	chu mo yos	water female Hare
38	shing pho 'brug	wood male Dragon
39	shing mo sbrul	wood female Snake
40	me pho rta	fire male Horse
41	me mo lug	fire female Sheep
42	sa pho sprel	earth male Monkey
43	sa mo bya	earth female Bird
44	lcags pho khyi	iron male Dog
45	lcags mo phag	iron female Pig
46	chu pho byi ba	water male Rat
47	chu mo glang	water female Ox
48	shing pho stag	wood male Tiger
49	shing mo yos	wood female Hare
50	me pho 'brug	fire male Dragon
51	me mo sbrul	fire female Snake
52	sa pho rta	earth male Horse
53	sa mo lug	earth female Sheep
54	lcags pho sprel	iron male Monkey
55	lcags mo bya	iron female Bird
56	chu pho khyi	water male Dog
57	chu mo phag	water female Pig
58	shing pho byi ba	wood male Rat
59	shing mo glang	wood female Ox
60	me pho stag	fire male Tiger

The 1027 statement is a convention

The traditional date for the Kalachakra Tantra's Tibetan translation is 1027, and that year is counted as rabjung one, year one. The Phugpa calendar itself was systematized later; “1027” does not mean every component arrived as one finished system on one day.