yuè​jiàn

lunar month designation

Senses

月建 yuè​jiàn lunar month designation

The cyclical system used in traditional Chinese timekeeping that assigns one of the twelve Earthly Branches to each lunar month, based on the rotation of the Big Dipper's handle.

月建 yuè​jiàn month's branch

the branch assigned to a lunar month

References

see 月建/月建 十二地支/十二地支