What is the date of leap February in 2023?

The calendar in China is used simultaneously with the Gregorian calendar and the Lunar calendar. The Gregorian calendar is a universal calendar in the world, while the Lunar calendar is a unique calendar in China. Combining the traditional twenty-four solar terms is particularly meaningful for agricultural activities. From the calendar, we can see that the Gregorian calendar is different from the lunar calendar. In 2023, there are two February in the lunar calendar, the second February is called leap February, and the leap February has 29 days.

What is the date of leap February in 2023? Leap February in 2023 is after February of the lunar calendar. The corresponding time of leap February in 2023 is from March 22, 2023 (Wednesday, the first day of the second lunar month) to April 19, 2023 (Wednesday, the 29th lunar month). Because there is an extra month in 2023, the lunar calendar in 2023 is one month longer than the normal lunar calendar, so the lunar calendar in 2023 has 384 days.

How many days are there in February of leap year in 2023?

February of the lunar calendar in 2023 is a small moon, so there are 29 days in total; However, the solar year 2023 cannot be divisible by 4, so the solar year 2023 is a normal year, and February has 28 days. Because there is a leap in February in 2023, and there are two solar terms in beginning of spring in 2023, this year is also called the Double Spring Year.

Why there are leap months in China? The calculation methods of the solar calendar and the lunar calendar (lunar calendar) are different, one is the movement of the sun, and the other is the periodic movement of the moon, so the solar calendar and the lunar calendar always don't correspond, and the difference is always10 ~1day. In order to make the calendar of Yin and Yang consistent in season and season, ancestors adopted the method of setting leap months to solve this problem, that is, there will be more than seven leap months every 19, and there will be one leap month every 2~3 years on average.