Xiaoman

The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.^[1] Xiǎomǎn, Shōman, Soman, or Tiểu mãn is the 8th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 60° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 75°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 60°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 21 May and ends around 5 June (6 June East Asia time).

Xiaoman
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	小滿
Simplified Chinese	小满
Literal meaning	small full
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin xiǎomǎn Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄢˇ Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization síu múhn Jyutping siu^2 mun^5
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	tiểu mãn
Chữ Hán	小滿
Korean name
Hangul	소만
Hanja	小滿
Transcriptions Revised Romanization soman
Japanese name
Kanji	小満
Hiragana	しょうまん
Transcriptions Romanization shōman

Solar term

Term	Longitude	Dates
Lichun	315°	4–5 February
Yushui	330°	18–19 February
Jingzhe	345°	5–6 March
Chunfen	0°	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

Date and time

Date and Time (UTC)

year	begin	end
辛巳	2001-05-20 23:44	2001-06-05 14:53
壬午	2002-05-21 05:29	2002-06-05 20:44
癸未	2003-05-21 11:12	2003-06-06 02:19
甲申	2004-05-20 16:59	2004-06-05 08:13
乙酉	2005-05-20 22:47	2005-06-05 14:01
丙戌	2006-05-21 04:31	2006-06-05 19:36
丁亥	2007-05-21 10:11	2007-06-06 01:27
戊子	2008-05-20 16:00	2008-06-05 07:11
己丑	2009-05-20 21:51	2009-06-05 12:59
庚寅	2010-05-21 03:33	2010-06-05 18:49
辛卯	2011-05-21 09:21	2011-06-06 00:27
壬辰	2012-05-20 15:15	2012-06-05 06:25
癸巳	2013-05-20 21:09	2013-06-05 12:23
甲午	2014-05-21 02:59	2014-06-05 18:03
乙未	2015-05-21 08:43	2015-06-05 23:58
丙申	2016-05-20 14:38	2016-06-05 05:46
丁酉	2017-05-20 20:33	2017-06-05 11:36
戊戌	2018-05-21 02:14	2018-06-05 17:31
己亥	2019-05-21 07:57	2019-06-05 23:07
庚子	2020-05-20 13:50	2020-06-05 04:56
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 Lixia (立夏)

Solar term (節氣)

Succeeded by Mangzhong (芒種)