Daxue (solar term)

Daxue
Daxue
Chinese name
Chinese	大雪
Literal meaning	major snow
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	dàxuě
Bopomofo	ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	daaih syut
Jyutping	daai6 syut3
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	đại tuyết
Chữ Hán	大雪
Korean name
Hangul	대설
Hanja	大雪
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	daeseol
Japanese name
Kanji	大雪
Hiragana	たいせつ
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	taisetsu

The traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.^[1] Dàxuě (Chinese: 大雪; pinyin: dàxuě) is the 21st solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 255° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 270°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 255°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 7 December and ends around 21 December (22 December East Asia time).

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

Pentads

鶡旦不鳴, 'The jie-bird ceases to crow': the jie is a bird, similar to the pheasant, which is believed to be aggressive and combatant. As winter progresses, even this active bird slows and ceases to crow.
虎始交, 'Tigers begin to mate'
荔挺生, 'The litchi plant (tree) starts to germinate.'

Date and time

Date and Time (UTC)
Year	Begin	End
辛巳	2001-12-07 01:28	2001-12-21 19:21
壬午	2002-12-07 07:14	2002-12-22 01:14
癸未	2003-12-07 13:05	2003-12-22 07:03
甲申	2004-12-06 18:48	2004-12-21 12:41
乙酉	2005-12-07 00:32	2005-12-21 18:34
丙戌	2006-12-07 06:26	2006-12-22 00:22
丁亥	2007-12-07 12:14	2007-12-22 06:07
戊子	2008-12-06 18:02	2008-12-21 12:03
己丑	2009-12-06 23:52	2009-12-21 17:46
庚寅	2010-12-07 05:38	2010-12-21 23:38
辛卯	2011-12-07 11:29	2011-12-22 05:30
壬辰	2012-12-06 17:18	2012-12-21 11:11
癸巳	2013-12-06 23:08	2013-12-21 17:11
甲午	2014-12-07 05:04	2014-12-21 23:03
乙未	2015-12-07 10:53	2015-12-22 04:47
丙申	2016-12-06 16:41	2016-12-21 10:44
丁酉	2017-12-06 22:32	2017-12-21 16:27
戊戌	2018-12-07 04:25	2018-12-21 22:22
己亥	2019-12-07 10:18	2019-12-22 04:19
庚子	2020-12-06 16:09	2020-12-21 10:02
辛丑	2021-12-06 21:57	2021-12-21 15:59
壬寅	2022-12-07 03:46	2022-12-21 21:48
癸卯	2023-12-07 09:32	2023-12-22 03:27
甲辰	2024-12-06 15:17	2024-12-21 09:20
乙巳	2025-12-06 21:04	2025-12-21 15:03
丙午	2026-12-07 02:52	2026-12-21 20:50
丁未	2027-12-07 08:37	2027-12-22 02:42
戊申	2028-12-06 14:24	2028-12-21 08:19
己酉	2029-12-06 20:13	2029-12-21 14:14
庚戌	2030-12-07 02:07	2030-12-21 20:09
Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

References

^ 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.

Preceded by Xiaoxue (小雪)	Solar term (節氣)	Succeeded by Dongzhi (冬至)

[1] 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.

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