Time was reckoned by the position marked off in constellations on the ecliptic in which the Moon rises daily in the course of one lunation (the period from New Moon to New Moon) and the Sun rises monthly in the course of one year.

• 时间是通过黄道带星座的划分位置而计算，月亮是在一个阴历月期间每天上升（新月到新月的周期），太阳是在一年中的每个月上升。