What units of time measurement did people use in ancient times?

Answer 1

-- four moons

-- from sunup until sundown

-- from sun here until sun move over to there

-- walk east for three cigarettes

-- until candle half burned down

-- until all the sand runs from top cup into bottom cup

-- until all the water drips through the hole in the pot and the pot is empty

-- 8 days

-- from beginning of spring until beginning of winter

-- from new moon until full moon

-- six years

-- until the child is weaned