What is Zi Time?
Just like midnight (0 o'clock) is the beginning of the day in the Western time system, in ancient China, Zi Time was the beginning of the day. In modern time terms, Zi Time refers to the period from 11 PM to 1 AM the next day.
What are the Early and Late Zi Times?
The so-called early Zi Time refers to the period between 11 PM and 12 AM, while the late Zi Time refers to the period between 12 AM and 1 AM.
Some fortune tellers say that people born during the "early Zi Time" should have their "day" counted as the same day, while those born during the "late Zi Time" belong to the next day's "day".
In fact, this is a kind of confusion caused by later fortune tellers who, due to being in a 24-hour time system environment, forgot that "fortune telling was created in ancient times, but there was no 24-hour system back then, only the 12-hour system".
In other words, this is actually a self-justifying explanation arising from a lack of understanding of the difference between the modern time system and the ancient time system.
Some fortune tellers say that people born during the "early Zi Time" should have their "day" counted as the same day, while those born during the "late Zi Time" belong to the next day's "day".
In fact, this is a kind of confusion caused by later fortune tellers who, due to being in a 24-hour time system environment, forgot that "fortune telling was created in ancient times, but there was no 24-hour system back then, only the 12-hour system".
In other words, this is actually a self-justifying explanation arising from a lack of understanding of the difference between the modern time system and the ancient time system.
Chinese Ancient Time Units
They divided the day into 12 time segments using the names "Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai." Zi Time marked the beginning of the day, and one hour equaled exactly two hours in the modern time system.
