Shuangjiang_(solar_term)

Shuangjiang
Chinese name
Chinese霜降
Literal meaningfrost descent
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetsương giáng
Chữ Hán霜降
Korean name
Hangul상강
Hanja霜降
Japanese name
Kanji霜降
Hiraganaそうこう
Solar term
Term Longitude Dates
Lichun 315° 4–5 February
Yushui 330° 18–19 February
Jingzhe 345° 5–6 March
Chunfen 20–21 March
Qingming 15° 4–5 April
Guyu 30° 20–21 April
Lixia 45° 5–6 May
Xiaoman 60° 21–22 May
Mangzhong 75° 5–6 June
Xiazhi 90° 21–22 June
Xiaoshu 105° 7–8 July
Dashu 120° 22–23 July
Liqiu 135° 7–8 August
Chushu 150° 23–24 August
Bailu 165° 7–8 September
Qiufen 180° 23–24 September
Hanlu 195° 8–9 October
Shuangjiang 210° 23–24 October
Lidong 225° 7–8 November
Xiaoxue 240° 22–23 November
Daxue 255° 7–8 December
Dongzhi 270° 21–22 December
Xiaohan 285° 5–6 January
Dahan 300° 20–21 January

The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms (节气/節氣).[1] Shuāngjiàng, Sōkō, Sanggang, or Sương giáng (Chinese and Japanese: 霜降; pinyin: shuāngjiàng; rōmaji: sōkō; Korean: 상강; romaja: sanggang; Vietnamese: sương giáng; "frost descent") is the 18th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 210° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 225°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 210°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around October 23 and ends around November 7.

The western holiday of Halloween occurs in this solar term.

Pentads

  • 豺乃祭獸, 'Dholes make offerings of the beasts'
  • 草木黃落, 'The plants yellow and shed leaves'
  • 蟄蟲咸俯, 'All insects go dormant'

Date and time

Date and Time (UTC)
year begin end
辛巳 2001-10-23 08:25 2001-11-07 08:36
壬午 2002-10-23 14:17 2002-11-07 14:21
癸未 2003-10-23 20:08 2003-11-07 20:13
甲申 2004-10-23 01:48 2004-11-07 01:58
乙酉 2005-10-23 07:42 2005-11-07 07:42
丙戌 2006-10-23 13:26 2006-11-07 13:34
丁亥 2007-10-23 19:15 2007-11-07 19:24
戊子 2008-10-23 01:08 2008-11-07 01:10
己丑 2009-10-23 06:43 2009-11-07 06:56
庚寅 2010-10-23 12:35 2010-11-07 12:42
辛卯 2011-10-23 18:30 2011-11-07 18:34
壬辰 2012-10-23 00:13 2012-11-07 00:25
癸巳 2013-10-23 06:09 2013-11-07 06:13
甲午 2014-10-23 11:57 2014-11-07 12:06
乙未 2015-10-23 17:47 2015-11-07 18:00
丙申 2016-10-22 23:44 2016-11-06 23:47
丁酉 2017-10-23 05:23 2017-11-07 05:34
戊戌 2018-10-23 11:21 2018-11-07 11:30
己亥 2019-10-23 17:20 2019-11-07 17:25
庚子 2020-10-22 22:59 2020-11-06 23:13
Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

References

  1. ^ Zhang, Peiyu; Hunag, Hongfeng (1994). "The Twenty-four Solar Terms of the Chinese Calendar and the Calculation for Them". Purple Mountain Observatory.
Preceded by
Hanlu (寒露)
Solar term (節氣) Succeeded by
Lidong (立冬)