Daxue (solar term)

Daxue
Chinese name
Chinese	大雪おおゆき
Literal meaning	major snow
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	大雪おおゆき
Korean name
Hangul	대설
Hanja	大雪おおゆき
Transcriptions Revised Romanization daeseol
Japanese name
Kanji	大雪おおゆき
Hiragana	たいせつ
Transcriptions Romanization taisetsu

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

The traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. Dàxuě (Chinese: 大雪おおゆき; 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).

Pentads

• 鶡旦不ふ鳴な, '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.
• 虎とら始はじめ交, 'Tigers begin to mate'
• 荔挺生せい, 'The litchi plant (tree) starts to germinate.'

Date and time

Date and Time (UTC)

year	begin	end
辛からし巳み	2001-12-07 01:28	2001-12-21 19:21
壬みずのえ午うま	2002-12-07 07:14	2002-12-22 01:14
癸みずのと未ひつじ	2003-12-07 13:05	2003-12-22 07:03
甲きのえ申さる	2004-12-06 18:48	2004-12-21 12:41
乙おつ酉とり	2005-12-07 00:32	2005-12-21 18:34
丙へい戌いぬ	2006-12-07 06:26	2006-12-22 00:22
丁ちょう亥い	2007-12-07 12:14	2007-12-22 06:07
戊子ぼし	2008-12-06 18:02	2008-12-21 12:03
己おのれ丑うし	2009-12-06 23:52	2009-12-21 17:46
庚かのえ寅とら	2010-12-07 05:38	2010-12-21 23:38
辛からし卯う	2011-12-07 11:29	2011-12-22 05:30
壬みずのえ辰たつ	2012-12-06 17:18	2012-12-21 11:11
癸巳きし	2013-12-06 23:08	2013-12-21 17:11
甲きのえ午うま	2014-12-07 05:04	2014-12-21 23:03
乙未おとみ	2015-12-07 10:52	2015-12-22 04:45
丙へい申さる	2016-12-06 16:42	2016-12-21 10:43
丁ちょう酉とり	2017-12-06 22:33	2017-12-21 16:29
戊つちのえ戌いぬ	2018-12-07 04:23	2018-12-21 22:23
己おのれ亥い	2019-12-07 10:17	2019-12-22 04:17
庚かのえ子こ	2020-12-06 16:11	2020-12-21 10:01
Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System