夫日，一昼一夜十二时，当均分于一日，故上智设铜壶贮水，漏下壶箭，箭分百刻以度之。
That day, is one daytime and one nighttime with 12 hours. They are separated equally to be a day, the wise invented copper kettle that stores water, the water leak into the arrow of the kettle, those arrows are divided into a hundred ke (quarter) to be measured. (This apparently talks about the water clock)
虽日月晦明，终不能逃，是一日之中有百刻之候也。
Even though the sun and moon become dark and then bright and this will never change, that in one day there are terms of a hundred ke.
夫六气通主一岁，则一气主六十日八十七刻半，乃知交气之时有早晏也。
Having 6 Qi gone through denotes one Year, thus one Qi denotes 60 days and 87.5 ke, that the time for changing Qi has early and late.
冬夏日有长短之异，则昼夜互相推移，而日出入时刻不同，然终于百刻矣，其气交之刻则不能移也。
In winter and summer the lengths of days are different. That day and night pushes and moves each other, and the time for sunrise and sunset is different, but that ends at a hundred ke, the ke where Qi changes is not moved.
甲子之岁，
That day, is one daytime and one nighttime with 12 hours. They are separated equally to be a day, the wise invented copper kettle that stores water, the water leak into the arrow of the kettle, those arrows are divided into a hundred ke (quarter) to be measured. (This apparently talks about the water clock)
虽日月晦明，终不能逃，是一日之中有百刻之候也。
Even though the sun and moon become dark and then bright and this will never change, that in one day there are terms of a hundred ke.
夫六气通主一岁，则一气主六十日八十七刻半，乃知交气之时有早晏也。
Having 6 Qi gone through denotes one Year, thus one Qi denotes 60 days and 87.5 ke, that the time for changing Qi has early and late.
冬夏日有长短之异，则昼夜互相推移，而日出入时刻不同，然终于百刻矣，其气交之刻则不能移也。
In winter and summer the lengths of days are different. That day and night pushes and moves each other, and the time for sunrise and sunset is different, but that ends at a hundred ke, the ke where Qi changes is not moved.
The Year of Jia Zi,
初之气始於漏水下一刻，终於八十七刻半，子正之中也。
The first Qi begins at the ke after water leaks (from the water clock), ends at 87.5 ke, which is the middle of true Zi.
二之气，复始於八十七刻六分，终於七十五刻，戌正四刻也。
二之气，复始於八十七刻六分，终於七十五刻，戌正四刻也。
The second Qi begins afterwards at 87.5 ke and ends at 75 ke, which is the true Xu and 4 ke.
三之气，复始於七十六刻，终於六十二刻半，酉正之中也。
Third Qi begins afterwards at 76 ke and ends at 62.5 ke, which is the middle of true You
四之气，复始於六十二刻六分，终於五十一刻，未正四刻也。
The fourth Qi begins afterwards at 62.5 ke, ends at 51 ke, which is the true Wei and 4 ke.
五之气，复始於五十一刻，终於三十七刻半，午正之中也。
Fifth Qi begins afterwards at 51 ke and ends at 37.5 ke, which is the middle of true Wu.
六之气，复始於三十七刻六分，终於二十五刻，辰正四刻也。
Sixth Qi begins at 37.5 ke and ends at 25 ke, as the true Chen with 4 ke.
此之谓周天之岁度，余刻交入乙丑岁之初气矣，如此而转至戊辰年，初之气，复始於漏水下一刻，则四岁而一小周也。
This is the measurement of year for the heavenly cycle, the remaining ke is given into Yi Chou Year's first Qi, and this continues to Wu Chen year, where the First Qi begins again at the next ke water water leaks, that 4 years is one small cycle.
故申子辰气会同者，此也。
Thus Shen Zi and Chen meets (form a frame) is (because of) this.
巳酉丑初之气，俱起於二十六刻。
The first Qi of Si-You-Chou, all begins at 26 ke
寅午戌初之气，俱起於五十一刻。
The first Qi of Yin-Wu-Xu, all begins at 51 ke
亥卯未初之气，俱起於七十六刻。
The first Qi of Hai-Mao-Wei, all begins at 76 ke
气皆起於同刻，故谓之三合，义由此也。
The Qi that begins at the same ke, thus is it called the three combination, the basis comes from this (phenomenon)
以十五小周为一大周，则六十年也。
15 small cycles make one great cycle, that is 60 years.
三车一览以申为水之生，子为水之旺，辰为水之库，故申子辰三合。
SanCheYiLan (a book) (states that) with Shen as the birth of water, Zi as the prosperity of water and Chen as the storage of water, so Shen Zi Chen make the triple combination
而不知气起於同刻，乃天道自然之妙耳。
But did not know that it is because the Qi begins at the same ke, that is the natural wonder of heavenly ways.
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