Ancient Chinese Twelve Periods and Time Correspondence Table, What Are the Five Elements Attributes of the Twelve Periods? The ancient laboring people initially described time mainly by referring to obvious celestial phenomena, animal circadian rhythms, and daily routines. Later, it gradually changed to use time-measuring equipment readings to describe time. Huayi Network has compiled many articles related to periods. Let's take a look.

Table of Ancient Chinese Twelve Periods and Time

Zi period corresponds —— midnight 11:00 - dawn 01:00, that is 23:00 - 01:00
Chou period corresponds —— morning 01:00 - morning 03:00, that is 01:00 - 03:00
Yin period corresponds —— morning 03:00 - morning 05:00, that is 03:00 - 05:00
Mao period corresponds —— morning 05:00 - morning 07:00, that is 05:00 - 07:00
Chen period corresponds —— morning 07:00 - morning 09:00, that is 07:00 - 09:00
Si period corresponds —— morning 09:00 - morning 11:00, that is 09:00 - 11:00
Wu period corresponds —— morning 11:00 - afternoon 01:00, that is 11:00 - 13:00
Wei period corresponds —— afternoon 01:00 - afternoon 03:00, that is 13:00 - 15:00
Shen period corresponds —— afternoon 03:00 - afternoon 05:00, that is 15:00 - 17:00
You period corresponds —— afternoon 05:00 - afternoon 07:00, that is 17:00 - 19:00
Xu period corresponds —— afternoon 07:00 - afternoon 09:00, that is 19:00 - 21:00
Hai period corresponds —— afternoon 09:00 - afternoon 11:00, that is 21:00 - 23:00

Five Elements Attributes of the Twelve Periods

23-01 hours is the Zi period belonging to water, 01-03 hours is the Chou period belonging to earth, 03-05 hours is the Yin period belonging to wood, 05-70 hours is the Mao period belonging to wood
07-09 hours is the Chen period belonging to earth, 09-11 hours is the Si period belonging to fire, 11-13 hours is the Wu period belonging to fire, 13-15 hours is the Wei period belonging to earth
15-17 hours is the Shen period belonging to metal, 17-19 hours is the You period belonging to metal, 19-21 hours is the Xu period belonging to earth, 21-23 hours is the Hai period belonging to water
The Five Elements of the Twelve Periods have yin and yang divisions, odd numbers are yang, even numbers are yin.
Yin and Mao belong to wood, Yin is yang wood, Mao is yin wood.
Si and Wu belong to fire, Wu is yang fire, Si is yin fire.
Shen and You belong to metal, Shen is yang metal, You is yin metal.
Zi and Hai belong to water, Zi is yang water, Hai is yin water.
Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei belong to earth, Chen and Xu are yang earth, Chou and Wei are yin earth. Xu and Wei are dry earth, Chou and Chen are wet earth.
Dry earth contains fire inside, and wet earth contains water inside.