When is Xiaohan in the lunar calendar in 2020? What day is Xiaohan in 2020?

Xiaohan is the penultimate solar term of the traditional 24 solar terms, after the winter solstice solar term. This also shows that the "number nine" cold weather has already begun during the Xiaohan solar term in the lunar calendar. So when is Xiaohan in the 2020 lunar calendar? How many months is it now?

When is Xiaohan in the 2020 lunar calendar?

The Xiaohan solar term is the 23rd solar term of the traditional 24 solar terms and the fifth solar term in winter. The previous solar term is the winter solstice.

The Xiaohan solar term generally falls on January 5th to 7th of each year in the Gregorian calendar. In the 2020 lunar calendar, the Xiaohan solar term falls on Guichou day in Jichou month, November 22nd in 2020 of the lunar calendar, January 5th, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, Tuesday, Capricorn.

According to the old almanac, the specific start time of the Great Cold in 2020 is 11:22:24.

There are three lords in the Xiaohan solar term: "In Yanbei Township, magpies begin to nest, and pheasants begin to fly."

What day is Xiaohan in 2020?

Small Cold in 2020 is the seventh day of "Two Nine". The first day of "Two Nine" is December 30, 2020.

Jinjiu and counting nine are a traditional custom among the people, which are used to calculate the cold weather, and there are corresponding songs for counting nine: 1929 does not take action; 3949 walks on the ice; 5969, watch the willows along the river; 79 rivers open, and 89 swallows come; 99 plus 19, the cattle are everywhere.

The counting of nines starts from the winter solstice. Every nine days, a "nine" is counted, and there are nine nines in total. Therefore, the number nine in 2020 starts from the 2020 winter solstice, which is December 21, 2020.

Proverbs related to Xiaohan

Small cold and big cold will freeze into a ball.

Small cold and severe cold, cold into ice balls.

As chickens lay eggs in the cold weather, insulation of the chicken house is the key.  

Snowy cold is not cold, Qingming is a quagmire.

The minor cold and major cold are very cold, but the weather will be warm next spring.

It’s slightly cold and warm, and it’s snowing at the beginning of spring.

It is slightly cold and drizzling, and the rain still freezes the rice seedlings.

It is slightly cold and rainy, and the rain stings the rice seedlings and freezes them to death.

It’s hot in the minor cold weather, not to mention the severe cold weather.

Small cold is cold, Jingzhe is warm.

Small cold and severe cold, dripping water turns into ice.

Small cold, not cold, major cold.

It doesn’t snow during the minor cold and major cold, and the fields crack during minor and major heat.

There will be no rain during the minor cold, and there will be drought during the minor summer.

Heavy snow happens every year, not in the third nine but in the fourth nine.

Small cold is better than severe cold, so it is common but not rare.

The Xiaohan Festival lasts fifteen days, with seven or eight days ending in thirty-nine days.

Small cold is better than severe cold, so it is common but not rare.

If the river is not closed on March 9, there will be a lot of hail in the coming year.

Heavy snow happens every year, not in the third nine but in the fourth nine.