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What's the name of Twelve Hours?

The ancients divided a day and night into twelve equal parts, and each equal part was called an hour, totaling twelve hours. Its name and corresponding modern time are briefly introduced as follows:

Midnight: also known as midnight, midnight, etc. , equivalent to 23: 00 pm to 65438+ 0 am. (Zi Shi)

Cockcrow: also known as pheasant, equivalent to 65438+ 0: 00 to 3: 00 in the morning. (clown)

Ping Dan: Also known as dawn, morning, Sunday, etc. That is, from 3 am to 5 am. Yin Shi

Sunrise: also known as the beginning of a day, dawn, the rising sun, etc. , equivalent to 5 am to 7 am. Shi Mao

Meal time: also called breakfast, it is equivalent to 7: 00 to 9: 00 in the morning. Chen Shi

Corner: Also known as Yu Ri, it is equivalent to 9: 00 a.m. to 1 1 point. Si Shi

Japan and China: Also known as the sun, noon, noon, etc. , equivalent to 1 1 noon to 13 noon. (noon)

Sunrise: also known as sunset, sun center, etc. , equivalent to 13 pm to 15 pm. (out of date)

Feeding time: also known as daily feeding and evening eating, equivalent to 15 pm to 17 pm. (Shen Shi)

Sunrise: also known as sunset, sunset and dusk. Equivalent to 17 pm to 19 pm. (single time)

Dusk: Also known as sunset, sunset glow and dusk. Equivalent to 19 pm to 2 1 pm. (Qi Shi)

People's decision: also known as ding faint. Equivalent to 265438+ 0: 00 pm to 23: 00 pm. felsenmeer

Time origin

Time attribute

Twelve o'clock: Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai.

Two hours is an hour.

23- 1 belongs to water.

1-3 clown belongs to the soil.

3-5 Yin Shi.

5-7 Shi Mao.

7-9 Chen belongs to the soil.

9- 1 1 is a fire.

1 1- 13 is a midday fire.

13- 15 belongs to the end of the soil.

15- 17 application belongs to gold.

17- 19 is a unitary gold.

19-2 1 is soil.

2 1-23 is water.

However, in ancient times, the calculation methods in different places were different. In some places, there are twelve o'clock in a day, four quarters in an hour, three teas in a moment, two sticks of incense in one tea, five points in one stick of incense, six fingers in one minute, ten quarters in one finger, and one second in a moment.