Wiki concept · Chinese & East Asian calendars
Mao branch
Also called Mao Earthly Branch
Mao (卯) is the fourth Earthly Branch, paired with Rabbit and assigned 05:00–07:00 in the hour table.
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Word origin · etymology
Romanized Chinese calendrical name Mao (卯), ordinal 4.
Historical character derivation is not established by the cited calendar tables.
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Calendrical convention
Branch ordinal, animal and hour range are calendrical mappings, not traits.
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