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See also: Vernal equinox
Solar term Longi-
tudeTerm Calendar Spring 315° Lichun 4-5 February 330° Yushui 18-19 February 345° Jingzhe 5-6 March 0° Chunfen 20-21 March 15° Qingming 4-5 April 30° Guyu 20-21 April Summer 45° Lixia 5-6 May 60° Xiaoman 21-22 May 75° Mangzhong 5-6 June 90° Xiazhi 21-22 June 105° Xiaoshu 7-8 July 120° Dashu 22-23 July Autumn 135° Liqiu 7-8 August 150° Chushu 23-24 August 165° Bailu 7-8 September 180° Qiufen 23-24 September 195° Hanlu 8-9 October 210° Shuangjiang 23-24 October Winter 225° Lidong 7-8 November 240° Xiaoxue 22-23 November 255° Daxue 7-8 December 270° Dongzhi 21-22 December 285° Xiaohan 5-6 January 300° Dahan 20-21 January The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (節氣). Chūnfēn (pīnyīn) or Shunbun (rōmaji) (Chinese and Japanese: 春分; Korean: 춘분; Vietnamese: Xuân phân; literally: "vernal equinox") is the 4th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 0° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 15°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 0°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 20 March and ends around 4 April (5 April East Asia time).
Pentads
Date and Time (UTC) year begin end 辛巳 2001-03-20 13:30 2001-04-04 17:24 壬午 2002-03-20 19:16 2002-04-04 23:18 癸未 2003-03-21 00:59 2003-04-05 04:52 甲申 2004-03-20 06:48 2004-04-04 10:43 乙酉 2005-03-20 12:33 2005-04-04 16:34 丙戌 2006-03-20 18:25 2006-04-04 22:15 丁亥 2007-03-21 00:07 2007-04-05 04:04 戊子 2008-03-20 05:48 2008-04-04 09:45 己丑 2009-03-20 11:43 2009-04-04 15:33 庚寅 2010-03-20 17:32 2010-04-04 21:30 辛卯 2011-03-20 23:20 2011-04-05 03:11 壬辰 2012-03-20 05:14 2012-04-04 09:05 癸巳 2013-03-20 11:01 2013-04-04 15:02 甲午 2014-03-20 16:57 2014-04-04 20:46 Each solar term can be divided into 3 pentads (候). They are: first pentad (初候), second pentad (次候) and last pentad (末候). Pentads in Chunfen include:
- China
- First pentad: 玄鳥至
- Second pentad: 雷乃發聲
- Last pentad: 始雷
- Japan
- First pentad: 雀始巣
- Second pentad: 桜始開
- Last pentad: 雷乃発声
Preceded by
Jingzhe (驚蟄)Solar term (節氣) Succeeded by
Qingming (清明)Categories:- Solar terms
- Spring
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