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The Day Has Another Rhythm

An old hour is not always sixty minutes. Let sunrise set the rhythm.

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A FIRST LOOK

An old hour is not always sixty minutes. Let sunrise set the rhythm.

A clearly labelled example is ready to explore.

A day that starts at sunrise

City-centre coordinates at sea level provide sunrise, sunset and the following sunrise. Daylight and night are each divided into twelve unequal seasonal hours. Rulers follow Saturn–Jupiter–Mars–Sun–Venus–Mercury–Moon, beginning with the local weekday’s ruler. Night rows retain their civil date and UTC offset. Missing rise/set boundaries, including polar conditions, produce no invented schedule.

Check the recorded clock first

Supports Gregorian dates from 1900–2099. Cities provide historical time-zone rules. Skipped DST clock times are rejected; repeated times require an explicit first or second occurrence. Results retain the UTC instant. Early and future rules depend on the browser database. The example is not your birth record.

Astronomy and symbolism are separate

Positions are calculated locally with Astronomy Engine 2.1.19. Signs use the tropical zodiac: twelve 30° sectors from the equinox, rather than IAU constellation boundaries. The readings are cultural symbolism and reflection, without validated personality, relationship or event prediction.

Keep a piece of sky

The 1200 × 1000 PNG retains selected inputs, rules and a short result; longer readings remain accessible in HTML. Volumetric surface textures are artistic and do not establish real colours, relative sizes or observing conditions. No account is required and inputs are not uploaded.

Sources & further checking

Explore the calendar here. Find NineHound’s founder, Lao Heshan Daoren / Sun Xingzhe, and the wider I Ching and life-chart project.
About NineHound & our methods

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