Shuangjiang (solar term)

The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms (节气/節氣).[1] Shuāngjiàng, Sōkō, Sanggang, or Sương giáng (Chinese and Japanese: 霜降; pinyin: shuāngjiàng; rōmaji: sōkō; Korean: 상강; romaja: sanggang; Vietnamese: sương giáng; "frost descent") is the 18th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 210° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 225°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 210°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around October 23 and ends around November 7.

Shuangjiang
Chinese name
Chinese霜降
Literal meaningfrost descent
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetsương giáng
Chữ Hán霜降
Korean name
Hangul상강
Hanja霜降
Japanese name
Kanji霜降
Hiraganaそうこう
Solar term
TermLongitudeDates
Lichun315°4–5 February
Yushui330°18–19 February
Jingzhe345°5–6 March
Chunfen20–21 March
Qingming15°4–5 April
Guyu30°20–21 April
Lixia45°5–6 May
Xiaoman60°21–22 May
Mangzhong75°5–6 June
Xiazhi90°21–22 June
Xiaoshu105°7–8 July
Dashu120°22–23 July
Liqiu135°7–8 August
Chushu150°23–24 August
Bailu165°7–8 September
Qiufen180°23–24 September
Hanlu195°8–9 October
Shuangjiang210°23–24 October
Lidong225°7–8 November
Xiaoxue240°22–23 November
Daxue255°7–8 December
Dongzhi270°21–22 December
Xiaohan285°5–6 January
Dahan300°20–21 January

The western holiday of Halloween occurs in this solar term.

Pentads

  • 豺乃祭獸, 'Dholes make offerings of the beasts'
  • 草木黃落, 'The plants yellow and shed leaves'
  • 蟄蟲咸俯, 'All insects go dormant'

Date and time

Date and Time (UTC)
yearbeginend
辛巳2001-10-23 08:252001-11-07 08:36
壬午2002-10-23 14:172002-11-07 14:21
癸未2003-10-23 20:082003-11-07 20:13
甲申2004-10-23 01:482004-11-07 01:58
乙酉2005-10-23 07:422005-11-07 07:42
丙戌2006-10-23 13:262006-11-07 13:34
丁亥2007-10-23 19:152007-11-07 19:24
戊子2008-10-23 01:082008-11-07 01:10
己丑2009-10-23 06:432009-11-07 06:56
庚寅2010-10-23 12:352010-11-07 12:42
辛卯2011-10-23 18:302011-11-07 18:34
壬辰2012-10-23 00:132012-11-07 00:25
癸巳2013-10-23 06:092013-11-07 06:13
甲午2014-10-23 11:572014-11-07 12:06
乙未2015-10-23 17:472015-11-07 18:00
丙申2016-10-22 23:442016-11-06 23:47
丁酉2017-10-23 05:232017-11-07 05:34
戊戌2018-10-23 11:212018-11-07 11:30
己亥2019-10-23 17:202019-11-07 17:25
庚子2020-10-22 22:592020-11-06 23:13
Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

References

Preceded by
Hanlu (寒露)
Solar term (節氣) Succeeded by
Lidong (立冬)