yuèjiàn
lunar month designation
月建 yuèjiàn
- 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.
- month's branch
- the branch assigned to a lunar month
Cross-References
See
- 十二地支 shí'èrdìzhī