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Chinese Shichen (时辰) Time Converter
x402
Chinese Shichen (时辰) Time Converter is a paid API for AI agents from api.cn402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.016/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Converts any time of day to the corresponding Chinese shichen — one of 12 traditional two-hour periods — returning its name, zodiac animal, and elemental association
Price / call$0.016
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Chinese hour, shichen, 时辰, 12 traditional Chinese hours, zi chou yin mao chen si wu wei shen you xu hai, 子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥, Chinese double hour, 2-hour Chinese time period. Convert any time of day to the corresponding Chinese shichen (one of 12 two-hour periods), including its name, zodiac animal, and elemental association.
Output
Returns the shichen (time period) name in Chinese and romanized form (e.g. 午/Wu), the associated zodiac animal (e.g. Horse), the elemental/phase association, and the two-hour window it covers (e.g. 11am–1pm).
Example use cases
Schedule acupuncture treatments by meridian cycle
“I'm planning a patient's acupuncture session for 4:45pm — what's the corresponding shichen and which meridians are most active during that Chinese time period?”
Generate Ba Zi birth chart readings
“My client was born at 9:15am on their birthday — can you tell me which shichen that maps to, including the zodiac animal and element, so I can complete their Ba Zi chart?”
Recommend auspicious timing for events
“We're thinking of scheduling a business launch for 6:20pm — what Chinese hour is that, and is the associated zodiac animal and element considered auspicious for new ventures?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.cn402.com/timepointWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to map a specific clock time to a traditional Chinese shichen period — essential for BaZi chart calculations, TCM meridian timing, Chinese astrology interpretations, or any application that needs to express time in classical Chinese cosmological terms rather than just the Western clock.
Side effects
- Invalid or missing time input returns an error
- Out-of-range time values (e.g. 25:00) rejected
- Malformed POST body returns 400-style error
- Payment not provided or insufficient results in 402 response
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| from | string | Source format (optional) |
| target | string | Target lang (required) |
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