How to calculate the twelve hours in ancient times

Midnight, also known as midnight, midnight: the first hour of the twelve. (23:00 to 01:00 Beijing time).

Ugly time] rooster crow, also known as wild chicken: the second hour of the twelve. (01:00 a.m. to 03:00 a.m. Beijing time).

Yinshi] Pingdan, also known as dawn, morning, day, etc.: Shi is the time of the alternation of night and day. (03:00 to 05:00 Beijing time).

Sunrise, also known as the beginning of the sun, dawn, rising sun, etc.: refers to the time when the sun has just appeared and is rising. (05:00 to 07:00 Beijing time).

Chenshi] food time, also known as morning food, etc.: the time of the ancients "morning food" is also the time to eat breakfast, (Beijing time 07 to 09 o'clock).

巳时] Yuzhong, also known as Riyu, etc.: When it is close to noon, it is called Yuzhong. (09 a.m. to 11 a.m. Beijing time).

Noon] midday, also known as sunday, noon, etc.: (11 a.m. to 13 p.m. Beijing time).

Untime] Sunset, also known as sunset, sunset, etc.: the sun is westerly for the sunset. (1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Beijing time).

Shen Shi] feeding time, also known as day shop, evening food, etc.: (15 to 17 o'clock Beijing time).

Unitary time] sunset, also known as sunset, sunset, evening: It means when the sun sets. (From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Beijing time).

Dusk, also known as sunset, sunset, sunset, etc.: At this time, the sun has set, and the sky will be dark before it gets dark. The sky and the earth are dim, and everything is hazy, so it is called dusk.

sub-hours....00:00--02:00

When it's ugly....03:00--04:00

Yin Shi....05:00--06:00

Mao time....07:00--08:00

Chenshi....09:00--10:00

When....11:00--12:00

At noon....13:00--14:00

Not yet....15:00--16:00

Shen Shi....17:00--18:00

Unitary time....19:00--20:00

At the same time....21:00--22:00

Hours....23:00--24:00

The twelve hours are represented by the twelve earthly branches, and the specific times are as follows:

1. Sub-time: (23 o'clock to 01 o'clock).

2. Ugly time: (01 o'clock to 03 o'clock).

3. Yin: (03 o'clock to 05 o'clock).

4. Mao time: (05 o'clock to 07 o'clock).

5. Hour: (07 to 09 o'clock).

6. Time: (09 to 11 o'clock).

7. Noon: (11 a.m. to 13 p.m.).

8. No time: (13 o'clock to 15 o'clock).

9. Shen time: (15 o'clock to 17 o'clock).

10. Unitary time: (17 o'clock to 19 o'clock).

11. Time: (19 o'clock to 21 o'clock).

12. Hai time: (21 o'clock to 23 o'clock).

Time LogThe ancient working people initially described the time mainly with reference to obvious celestial phenomena, animal biological clocks and daily routines, such as rooster crowing, Pingdan, morning eclipse, mid-day, human determination, etc., and later gradually changed to the reading of time-serving equipment to describe it;

Later, the readings of these timing devices were gradually matched with five elements. For example, add wood to the characters A and B (4:48-9:

36), to the word C-Ding with fire (9:36-14:24), to the word Wu Ji with the word to earth (14:

24-19:12), and add gold to the word Gengxin (19:12-24:

00), add water to the word non (0:00-4:48).

People are talking about health preservation, and the 12 o'clock of the day is the best health preservation.

Ancient Twelve Hours and Twenty-Four Hours Comparison Table.

Day and night are divided into twelve hours: Yulu.

子 (zǐ), ugly (chǒu), vertical friend with 寅 (yín), 卯 (mǎo), 辰 (chén), 巳 (sì), 午 (wǔ), 未 (wèi), 申 (shēn), 酉 (yǒu), 戌 (xū), 海 (hài).

Each hour is equivalent to two hours now.

Twelve hours: 23 1 o'clock, 1 3 o'clock, 3 5 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 7 o'clock, 7 o'clock, 9 o'clock, 11 o'clock, 11 o'clock, 13 o'clock, 15 o'clock, 15 o'clock, 17 o'clock, 17 o'clock, 19 o'clock, 21 o'clock, 23 o'clock.

Ancient Twelve Hours and Time Comparison Table: Sub-hour (23 o'clock to 01 o'clock); Ugly hours (01 a.m. to 03 a.m.); midnight (03 a.m. to 05 a.m.); midnight (05 a.m. to 07 a.m.); Chen Shi (07 o'clock to 09 o'clock); midnight (09 a.m. to 11 a.m.); mid-afternoon (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.); No time (1 p.m. to 3 p.m.); Deuteronomy (3 p.m. to 5 p.m.); unitary time (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.); midnight (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.); Hai (9 p.m. to 11 p.m.).

The ancients divided the day and night into twelve periods, each of which was called an hour. The twelve hours can refer to either a day or any one hour. The twelve hours are summarized by the ancients according to the natural law of the sun in a day, the changes in the sky, and their daily production activities and living habits.

Twelve hours

子 (zǐ), ugly (chǒu), 寅 (yín), 卯 (mǎo), 辰 (chén), 巳 (sì), 午 (wǔ), 未 (wèi), 申 (shēn), 酉 (yǒu), 戌 (xū), 海 (hài). One can trace the origin of these words from the ancient books of the pre-Qin period.

Before the Han Dynasty, these titles were very different, until the early years of the Han Dynasty, China implemented the Taichu calendar, "which divides the day into 12 hours, and takes the cadres and branches as the period." (Zhao Yi's "Examination of the Yu Cong", volume 34) is basically finalized and the name is determined. The 12 hour watch is unique and has a long history, and it is one of the great contributions of the Chinese nation to the astronomical calendar of mankind and one of China's splendid cultural treasures.

23-1 o'clock, 1-3 o'clock, 3-5 o'clock, 5-7 o'clock, 7-9 o'clock, 9-11 o'clock, 11-13 o'clock, 13-15 o'clock, 15-17 o'clock, 17-19 o'clock, 19-19 o'clock, 19-1 o'clock, 21-23 o'clock. The ancients named each hour according to the time of the animals in the Chinese zodiac, and each hour is equivalent to two hours in modern times.

IntroductionIn ancient China, the day was divided into 12 hours, each of which was equivalent to two hours. Legend has it that the ancients named the hours according to the time of the animals in the Chinese zodiac. Twelve-hour system.

It has been used since the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, it was named in the middle of the night, the rooster crowed, the pingdan, the sunrise, the eclipse time, the middle of the day, the middle of the day, the day of the day, the time of the sun, the sunset, the dusk, and the people. It is also expressed by the twelve earthly branches, taking 23 o'clock to 1 o'clock in the middle of the night as the sub-time, 1 to 3 o'clock as the ugly time, and 3 to 5 o'clock as the yin time, and then pushing it in turn.

Hour attributes.

23 o'clock - 1 o'clock, ugly time 1 o'clock - 3 o'clock, Yin time 3 o'clock - 5 o'clock, Mao hour 5 o'clock - 7 o'clock, Chen hour 7 o'clock - 9 o'clock, 9 o'clock - 11 o'clock, noon 11 o'clock - 13 o'clock, 13 o'clock - 15 o'clock, Shen time 15 o'clock - 17 o'clock, unitary time 17 o'clock - 19 o'clock, 19 o'clock - 21 o'clock, 21 o'clock - 23 o'clock In addition, each hour is subdivided into the beginning and the beginning, such as 23 o'clock for the beginning of the child, 24 o'clock in the middle of the night for the child, 12 o'clock at noon for the noon, 1 p.m. is the beginning of the year.