The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.[1]Chūnfēn, Shunbun, Chunbun, or Xuân phân 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°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 20 March and ends around 4 April (5 April East Asia time). It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 0°.
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:
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First pentad: 玄鳥至, 'The dark birds arrive'. 'Dark bird' in this case refers to swallows, which are also making their northward migration.[2]
Second pentad: 雷乃發聲, 'Thunder sounds', referring to the onset of spring thunderstorms.[2]
Last pentad: 始電, 'Lightning begins'. This refers to thunderstorms as well, but also to the gradual lengthening of daytime, and the prevalence of sunlight.[2]
chunfen, also, march, equinox, traditional, chinese, calendar, divides, year, into, solar, terms, chūnfēn, shunbun, chunbun, xuân, phân, solar, term, begins, when, reaches, celestial, longitude, ends, when, reaches, longitude, gregorian, calendar, usually, beg. See also March equinox The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms 1 Chunfen Shunbun Chunbun or Xuan phan 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 In the Gregorian calendar it usually begins around 20 March and ends around 4 April 5 April East Asia time It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 0 ChunfenChinese nameChinese春分Literal meaningvernal equinoxTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinchunfenBopomofoㄔㄨㄣ ㄈㄣYue CantoneseYale Romanizationcheun fanJyutpingceon1 fan1Southern MinTai lotshun hunVietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetxuan phanChữ Han春分Korean nameHangul춘분Hanja春分TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationchunbunJapanese nameKanji春分HiraganaしゅんぶんTranscriptionsRomanizationshunbun 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 Contents 1 Pentads 1 1 China 1 2 Japan 2 Date and time 3 See also 4 ReferencesPentads editEach 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 edit First pentad 玄鳥至 The dark birds arrive Dark bird in this case refers to swallows which are also making their northward migration 2 Second pentad 雷乃發聲 Thunder sounds referring to the onset of spring thunderstorms 2 Last pentad 始電 Lightning begins This refers to thunderstorms as well but also to the gradual lengthening of daytime and the prevalence of sunlight 2 Japan edit See also Vernal Equinox Day A pentad as follows was referred to Japanese traditional calendar presented in a smaller easy to use format First pentad Suzume hajimete sukuu 雀始巣 Sparrow begins holding a nest 3 Second pentad Sakura hajimete hiraku 桜始開 Cherry blossoms open for the first time 3 Last pentad Kaminari sunawachi koeo hassu 雷乃発声 Distant thunder start to sound 3 Date and time editThis section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information November 2020 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 乙未 2015 03 20 22 48 2015 04 05 02 39 丙申 2016 03 20 04 30 2016 04 04 08 26 丁酉 2017 03 20 10 30 2017 04 04 14 19 戊戌 2018 03 20 16 24 2018 04 04 20 15 己亥 2019 03 20 22 06 2019 04 05 01 51 庚子 2020 03 20 03 54 2020 04 04 07 37 Source JPL Horizons On Line Ephemeris SystemSee also editEquinoxReferences edit Zhang Peiyu Hunag Hongfeng 1994 The Twenty four Solar Terms of the Chinese Calendar and the Calculation for Them Purple Mountain Observatory Archived from the original on 12 June 2021 Retrieved 9 March 2021 a b c Kondō Heijō 近藤瓶城 ed 1901 新加纂録類 Shinka Sanrokurui Vol 19 Meiji 34 Tokyo 近藤活版所 Kondō Kappansho p 110 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help a b c Fujisawa Morihiko 1961 年中行事編 Nenju Gyōjihen Vol 7 Tokyo Akane Shobō p 103 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Preceded byJingzhe 驚蟄 Solar term 節氣 Succeeded byQingming 清明 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chunfen amp oldid 1217037048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
