Time was reckoned by the position marked off in constellations on the ecliptic in which the moon rises daily in the course of one lunation ( the period from new moon to new moon ) and the sun rises monthly in the course of one year 时间是通过黄道带星座的划分位置而计算，月亮是在一个阴历月期间每天上升（新月到新月的周期） ，太阳是在一年中的每个月上升。
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On land , meridional , a bispherical moon , revealed in imperfect varying phases of lunation through the posterior interstice of the imperfectly occluded skirt of a carnose negligent perambulating female , a pillar of the cloud by day 陆地上，朝着南方，以双球体的月亮为标志：一个正徜徉着的丰腴邋遢女人那没有完全遮住的裙子后面，从裂缝里露出太阴月那不完整起着变化的月相。
