Date and Time (UTC)
year | begin | end |
辛巳 |
2001-11-22 06:00 |
2001-12-07 01:28 |
壬午 |
2002-11-22 11:53 |
2002-12-07 07:14 |
癸未 |
2003-11-22 17:43 |
2003-12-07 13:05 |
甲申 |
2004-11-21 23:21 |
2004-12-06 18:48 |
乙酉 |
2005-11-22 05:14 |
2005-12-07 00:32 |
丙戌 |
2006-11-22 11:01 |
2006-12-07 06:26 |
丁亥 |
2007-11-22 16:49 |
2007-12-07 12:14 |
戊子 |
2008-11-21 22:44 |
2008-12-06 18:02 |
己丑 |
2009-11-22 04:22 |
2009-12-06 23:52 |
庚寅 |
2010-11-22 10:14 |
2010-12-07 05:38 |
辛卯 |
2011-11-22 16:07 |
2011-12-07 11:29 |
壬辰 |
2012-11-21 21:50 |
2012-12-06 17:18 |
癸巳 |
2013-11-22 03:48 |
2013-12-06 23:08 |
甲午 |
2014-11-22 09:38 |
2014-12-07 05:04 |
Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System
The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (節氣). Xiǎoxuě, Shōsetsu, Soseol, or Tiểu tuyết (Chinese and Japanese: 小雪; pinyin: xiǎoxuě; rōmaji: shōsetsu; Korean: 소설; romaja: soseol; Vietnamese: tiểu tuyết; "minor snow") is the 20th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 240° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 255°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 240°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 22 November and ends around 7 December.
Pentads
- 虹藏不見, 'Rainbows are concealed from view'. It was believed that rainbows were the results of yin and yang energy mixing; winter, being dominated by yin, would not present rainbows.
- 天氣上騰地氣下降, 'The Qi of the sky ascends, the qi of the earth descends'
- 閉塞而成冬, 'Closure and stasis create winter'. The end of mixing between sky and earth, yin and yang, leads to the dormancy of winter.