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What does the Gregorian calendar hour mean?

There are no hours in the yellow calendar.

The Gregorian calendar divides twenty-four hours a day into two hours, a total of twelve hours. The twelve hours start at 23: 00 p.m. and end at 0 1, followed by Choushi, Yin Shi, Shi Mao, Chen Shi, Jiushi, Noon, Weishi, Youshi, Xushi and Shihai. We often hear about midnight in novels, which is actually between 23: 00 and 1: 00 in the morning, that is, midnight in ancient times.

Time in the old yellow calendar

Time refers to the time when a person was born. For example, the birth date of a child in a family is a certain year, a certain month and a certain time, that is, the time of birth. In ancient times, no matter what time, in ancient times, a day was divided into twelve hours, no matter whether it was twenty-four hours, an hour was two hours, so twenty-four hours a day was twelve hours.

We modern people use time to calculate, four minutes and zero seconds, or an hour. In ancient China, it was calculated like this. Twenty-four hours, that is, there are 12 hours in a day. This 12 hour is Zishi, Choushi, Yin Shi, Shi Mao, Chen Shi, Shi Si, Noon, Weishi, Shenshi, Youshi, Xushi and Shihai, and each hour is