Dahan (solar term)

Dahan
Dahan
Chinese name
Chinese	大寒
Literal meaning	major cold
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	dàhán
Bopomofo	ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄢˊ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	daaih hòhn
Jyutping	daai6 hon4
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	đại hàn
Chữ Hán	大寒
Korean name
Hangul	대한
Hanja	大寒
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	daehan
Japanese name
Kanji	大寒
Hiragana	だいかん
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	daikan

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 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; lit. '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.

Date and time

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
Sources: 2001-2020 JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System 2021-2030 Skyfield

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.
^ 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)

[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).

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