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Dear Desmond,

Please read below:-

You see the Traditional Chinese time is divided int 12 units as 12 as follows:-

1 am - 2.59 am : chou
3 am - 4.59 am : yin
5 am - 6.59 am : mao
7 am - 8.59 am : chen
9 am - 10.59 am : si
11 am - 12.59 pm : wu
1 pm - 2.59 pm : wei
3 pm - 4.59 pm : shen
5 pm - 6.59 pm : you
7 pm - 8.59 pm : shu
9 pm - 10.59 pm : hai
11 pm - 12.59 am : zi

Modified version of the Traditional Time:-

1 am - 2.59 am : chou
3 am - 4.59 am : yin
5 am - 6.59 am : mao
7 am - 8.59 am : chen
9 am - 10.59 am : si
11 am - 12.59 pm : wu
1 pm - 2.59 pm : wei
3 pm - 4.59 pm : shen
5 pm - 6.59 pm : you
7 pm - 8.59 pm : shu
9 pm - 10.59 pm : hai
11 pm - 11.59 am : late zi
12 am - 12.59 am : early zi

(Basically not necessary)

11 pm to 12.59 am is already representing the following times:-
5 Feb 11 pm to 5 Feb 11.59 pm
6 Feb 12 am to 6 Feb 12.59 am

Basically, the timings are there so that we can convert the time into chinese time represented by Zi, Chou, Yin, etc.

Which is actually to make it simple Zi hour. That is all.

This means that for the Chinese hour of 11 pm - 12.59 am, it will represent the dates who are born in 5 Feb 11 pm to 6 Feb 12.59 am, 4 Feb 11 pm to 5 Feb 12.59 am, or even 6 Feb 11 pm to 7 Feb 12.59 am.

There is no need to modify any timing. As your Solar date would have converted it 6 Feb 12.59 am. Thus, your solar day is 6th day and not 5th day.

If you friend was born in 5 Feb 12:05 am, then he is considered 5 Feb Zi hour

Since is is born in 6 Feb 12:05 am, then he is considered 6 Feb Zi hour.

So that is why I do not see the explicit need for the modified dates or to worry about this, as your Solar dates have converted to the 6 day already.

That, is why so long as you enter your Solar date, the conversion will convert you to the proper representation of the Chinese Lunar date.

I think you are confusing yourself unnecessarily, since he is born on 6 Mar 00:05:-

Just choose 6 as the day, Mar as the month, the year he is born, and the timing 11 pm to 12.59 pm since it is 12:05 pm (00:05 pm).

The Solar date will have already treat it as 6 Mar and not 5 Mar.

Do not need to make any unnecessary modification to the Solar date, as it will be converted into the Chinese date according to your Solar Date.

Hope that clears your doubt.

Warmest Regards
Robert Lee

On 9/17/99 3:09:24 PM, Desmond Tan wrote:
>Thank you for your prompt
>reply.
>
>I think that the time of birth
>is quite critical.
>
>Using similar details as
>above, if I ignore the time of
>birth and consider my friend's
>birth date to be 6 Feb, his
>main element is water
>(according to your system),
>whereas if I use 5 Feb, his
>main element is metal.
>
>I just want to be accurate
>before I utilise the credit
>for the report management
>system.
>
>Therefore, I would consider my
>friend's birth date: 6 Feb,
>00:05 hours (5 minutes after
>midnight) to be within the
>span of 5 Feb, 11 pm - 12.59
>am.
>
>Would appreciate your
>comments.
>
>Thank you/best regards...
>Desmond
>