Editing Chinese calendar (section)

===Stars===
====Big Dipper====
{{Main|Big Dipper}}
The [[Big Dipper]] is the celestial compass, and its handle's direction indicates the season and month.

====3 Enclosures and 28 Mansions====
{{Main|Chinese constellations}}
{{Further|Twenty-Eight Mansions|Lunar station}}

The stars are divided into [[Chinese constellations#Three Enclosures|Three Enclosures]] and [[Twenty-Eight Mansions|28 Mansions]] according to their location in the sky relative to [[Ursa Minor]], at the center. Each mansion is named with a character describing the shape of its principal [[asterism (astronomy)|asterism]]. The Three Enclosures are [[Purple Forbidden enclosure|Purple Forbidden]], ({{linktext|紫微|lang=zh}}), [[Supreme Palace enclosure|Supreme Palace]] ({{linktext|太微|lang=zh}}), and [[Heavenly Market enclosure|Heavenly Market]] ({{linktext|天市|lang=zh}}). The eastern mansions are {{lang|zh|{{linktext|角}}, {{linktext|亢}}, {{linktext|氐}}, {{linktext|房}}, {{linktext|心}}, {{linktext|尾}}, {{linktext|箕}}}}. Southern mansions are {{lang|zh|{{linktext|井}}, {{linktext|鬼}}, {{linktext|柳}}, {{linktext|星}}, {{linktext|張}}, {{linktext|翼}}, {{linktext|轸|}}}}. Western mansions are {{lang|zh|{{linktext|奎}}, {{linktext|婁}}, {{linktext|胃}}, {{linktext|昴}}, {{linktext|畢}}, {{linktext|參}}, {{linktext|觜}}}}. Northern mansions are {{lang|zh|{{linktext|斗}}, {{linktext|牛}}, {{linktext|女}}, {{linktext|虛}}, {{linktext|危}}, {{linktext|室}}, {{linktext|壁}}}}. The moon moves through about one [[lunar mansion]] per day, so the 28 mansions were also used to count days. In the [[Tang dynasty]], Yuan Tiangang ({{lang|zh|袁天罡}}) matched the 28 mansions, seven luminaries and yearly animal signs to yield combinations such as "horn-wood-flood dragon" ({{linktext|角|木|蛟|lang=zh}}).

===== List of lunar mansions =====

The names and determinative stars of the mansions are:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://idp.bl.uk/education/astronomy/sky.html | title=The Chinese Sky | publisher=[[International Dunhuang Project]] | accessdate=2011-06-25 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104154237/http://idp.bl.uk/education/astronomy/sky.html | archivedate=2015-11-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Sun | first=Xiaochun | editor=Helaine Selin | editor-link=Helaine Selin | title=Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures  | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raKRY3KQspsC&pg=PA517 | year=1997 | pages=517 | publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers | isbn=0-7923-4066-3  | accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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!rowspan="2" align="center"|[[Four Symbols (Chinese constellation)|Four Symbols]]<br>({{lang|zh|四象}}) !! colspan="4" align="center" | Mansion (宿)
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!Number
!Name 
([[Pinyin]])
!Translation
!Determinative star
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|rowspan="7" |'''[[Azure Dragon|Azure Dragon<br>of the East]]<br>({{zh|labels=no|c=東方青龍|p=Dōngfāng Qīnglóng}})<br>Spring'''[[File:AZURE DRAGON.png|center|frameless|103x103px]]
| 1 || {{zh|labels=no|c=角|p=Jiǎo}} ||[[Horn (Chinese constellation)|Horn]] || [[Spica|α Vir]]
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| 2 || {{zh|labels=no|c=亢 |p=Kàng}} ||[[Neck (Chinese constellation)|Neck]] || [[Kappa Virginis|κ Vir]]
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| 3 || {{zh|labels=no|c=氐 |p=Dī}} ||[[Root (Chinese constellation)|Root]] || [[Zubenelgenubi|α Lib]]
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| 4 || {{zh|labels=no|c=房 |p=Fáng}} ||[[Room (Chinese constellation)|Room]] || [[Pi Scorpii|π Sco]]
|-
| 5 || {{zh|labels=no|c=心 |p=Xīn}} ||[[Heart (Chinese constellation)|Heart]] || [[Alpha Scorpii|α Sco]]
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| 6 || {{zh|labels=no|c=尾 |p=Wěi}} ||[[Tail (Chinese constellation)|Tail]] || [[Mu1 Scorpii|μ¹ Sco]]
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| 7 || {{zh|labels=no|c=箕 |p=Jī}} ||[[Winnowing Basket (Chinese constellation)|Winnowing Basket]] || [[Gamma Sagittarii|γ Sgr]]
|-
|rowspan="7" |'''[[Black Tortoise|Black Tortoise<br>of the North]]<br>({{zh|labels=no|c=北方玄武|p=Běifāng Xuánwǔ}})<br>Winter'''[[File:BLACK TORTOISE.png|center|frameless|101x101px]]<br />
| 8 || {{zh|labels=no|c=斗 |p=Dǒu}} || (Southern) [[Dipper (Chinese constellation)|Dipper]] || [[Phi Sagittarii|φ Sgr]]
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| 9 || {{zh|labels=no|c=牛 |p=Niú}} ||[[Ox (Chinese constellation)|Ox]] || [[Dabih|β Cap]]
|-
| 10 || {{zh|labels=no|c=女 |p=Nǚ}} ||[[Girl (Chinese constellation)|Girl]] || [[Albali|ε Aqr]]
|-
| 11 || {{zh|labels=no|c=虛 |p=Xū}} ||[[Emptiness (Chinese constellation)|Emptiness]] || [[Sadalsuud|β Aqr]]
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| 12 || {{zh|labels=no|c=危 |p=Wēi}} ||[[Rooftop (Chinese constellation)|Rooftop]] || [[Sadalmelik|α Aqr]]
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| 13 || {{zh|labels=no|c=室 |p=Shì}} ||[[Encampment (Chinese constellation)|Encampment]] || [[Alpha Pegasi|α Peg]]
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| 14 || {{zh|labels=no|c=壁 |p=Bì}} ||[[Wall (Chinese constellation)|Wall]] || [[Gamma Pegasi|γ Peg]]
|-
|rowspan="7" |'''[[White Tiger (Chinese astronomy)|White Tiger<br>of the West]]<br>({{zh|labels=no|c=西方白虎|p=Xīfāng Báihǔ}})<br>Fall'''[[File:WHITE TIGER OF THE WEST (CHINESE MYTHOLOGY).png|center|frameless|103x103px]]<br />
| 15 || {{zh|labels=no|c=奎 |p=Kuí}} ||[[Legs (Chinese constellation)|Legs]] || [[Eta Andromedae|η And]]
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| 16 || {{zh|labels=no|c=婁 |p=Lóu}} ||[[Bond (Chinese constellation)|Bond]] || [[Sheratan|β Ari]]
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| 17 || {{zh|labels=no|c=胃 |p=Wèi}} ||[[Stomach (Chinese constellation)|Stomach]] || [[35 Arietis|35 Ari]]
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| 18 || {{zh|labels=no|c=昴 |p=Mǎo}} ||[[Hairy Head (Chinese constellation)|Hairy Head]] || [[Electra (star)|17 Tau]]
|-
| 19 || {{zh|labels=no|c=畢|p=Bì}} ||[[Net (Chinese constellation)|Net]] || [[Epsilon Tauri|ε Tau]]
|-
| 20 || {{zh|labels=no|c=觜 |p=Zī}} ||[[Turtle Beak (Chinese constellation)|Turtle Beak]] || [[Meissa|λ Ori]]
|-
| 21 || {{zh|labels=no|c=参 |p=Shēn}} ||[[Three Stars (Chinese constellation)|Three Stars]] || [[Alnitak|ζ Ori]]
|-
|rowspan="7" |'''[[Vermilion Bird|Vermilion Bird<br>of the South]]<br>({{zh|labels=no|c=南方朱雀 |p=Nánfāng Zhūquè}})<br>Summer'''[[File:VERMILION BIRD.png|center|frameless|102x102px]]<br />
| 22 || {{zh|labels=no|c=井 |p=Jǐng}} ||[[Well (Chinese constellation)|Well]] || [[Tejat Posterior|μ Gem]]
|-
| 23 || {{zh|labels=no|c=鬼 |p=Guǐ}} ||[[Ghost (Chinese constellation)|Ghost]] || [[Theta Cancri|θ Cnc]]
|-
| 24 || {{zh|labels=no|c=柳 |p=Liǔ}} ||[[Willow (Chinese constellation)|Willow]] || [[Delta Hydrae|δ Hya]]
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| 25 || {{zh|labels=no|c=星 |p=Xīng}} ||[[Star (Chinese constellation)|Star]] || [[Alphard|α Hya]]
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| 26 || {{zh|labels=no|c=張 |p=Zhāng}} ||[[Extended Net (Chinese constellation)|Extended Net]] || [[Upsilon1 Hydrae|υ¹ Hya]]
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| 27 || {{zh|labels=no|c=翼 |p=Yì}} ||[[Wings (Chinese constellation)|Wings]] || [[Alkes|α Crt]]
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| 28 || {{zh|labels=no|c=軫 |p=Zhěn}} ||[[Chariot (Chinese constellation)|Chariot]] || [[Gienah Corvi|γ Crv]]
|}