The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.[1]Dàhán, Daikan, Daehan, or Đại hàn (Chinese and Japanese: 大寒; pinyin: dàhán; rōmaji: daikan; Korean: 대한; romaja: daehan; Vietnamese: đại hàn; "major cold") is the 24th solar term.[2] It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 300° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 315°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 300°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 20 January and ends around 4 February.

Dahan
Chinese name
Chinese大寒
Literal meaningmajor cold
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetđại hàn
Chữ Hán大寒
Korean name
Hangul대한
Hanja大寒
Japanese name
Kanji大寒
Hiraganaだいかん
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

Date and time edit

Date and Time (UTC)
year begin end
辛巳 2002-01-20 06:02 2002-02-04 00:24
壬午 2003-01-20 11:52 2003-02-04 06:05
癸未 2004-01-20 17:42 2004-02-04 11:56
甲申 2005-01-19 23:21 2005-02-03 17:43
乙酉 2006-01-20 05:15 2006-02-03 23:27
丙戌 2007-01-20 11:00 2007-02-04 05:18
丁亥 2008-01-20 16:43 2008-02-04 11:00
戊子 2009-01-19 22:40 2009-02-03 16:49
己丑 2010-01-20 04:27 2010-02-03 22:47
庚寅 2011-01-20 10:18 2011-02-04 04:32
辛卯 2012-01-20 16:09 2012-02-04 10:22
壬辰 2013-01-19 21:51 2013-02-03 16:13
癸巳 2014-01-20 03:51 2014-02-03 22:03
甲午 2015-01-20 09:43 2015-02-04 03:58
乙未 2016-01-20 15:29 2016-02-04 09:45
丙申 2017-01-19 21:25 2017-02-03 15:36
丁酉 2018-01-20 03:08 2018-02-03 21:30
戊戌 2019-01-20 08:58 2019-02-04 03:13
己亥 2020-01-20 14:56 2020-02-04 09:02
庚子 2021-01-19 20:39 2021-02-03 14:58
辛丑 2022-01-20 02:39 2022-02-03 20:50
壬寅 2023-01-20 08:29 2023-02-04 02:42
癸卯 2024-01-20 14:07 2024-02-04 08:27
甲辰 2025-01-19 20:00 2025-02-03 14:10
乙巳 2026-01-20 01:44 2026-02-03 20:02
丙午 2027-01-20 07:29 2027-02-04 01:46
丁未 2028-01-20 13:21 2028-02-04 07:31
戊申 2029-01-19 19:00 2029-02-03 13:20
己酉 2030-01-20 00:54 2030-02-03 19:08
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References edit

  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.
  2. ^ Yuan, Haiwang (1 February 2016). "The Origin of Chinese New Year". SMS-I-Media Tourism Express. 1 (1).
Preceded by
Xiaohan (小寒)
Solar term (節氣) Succeeded by
Lichun (立春)