What is the exact time of 20 10 beginning of spring?

The Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar has always been called "the year without spring" and "the widowed year", so the beginning of spring time of the Year of the Tiger has received unprecedented attention.

In my previous blog, I explained that "no spring year" is not a "widow year". Interested friends can have a look.

Recently, many friends asked the exact time of the spring of 20 10, saying that there are several different versions online and in the almanac.

Version 1:

20 10 beginning of spring (Shi Mao on the 21st of the twelfth lunar month) 06:52 on February 4th.

Version 2:

The beginning of spring time of 20 10 is 06: 48 on February 4th (the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month in Shi Mao).

Version 3:

The beginning of spring time of 20 10 is 02: 42 on February 4th (the ugly time of the 21st lunar month).

In 2009, I answered this question from netizens. Last year, the various versions of beginning of spring differed greatly, even by more than ten days. In contrast, the beginning of spring time of 20 10 is the same in date, which is concentrated on February 4th, and the difference is only accurate to the hour.

This influence is relatively small. The most vulnerable are those babies who will be born on February 4.

Determining the zodiac is based on the beginning of spring. So, is the baby born on February 4, 20 10 a cow or a tiger? Which beginning of spring time should be used to determine?

The exact start time of the spring time of 20 10 is February 4th, 20 10 (around the morning of February 4th 1: 23). Taking this as a boundary, the baby born in front is a cow and the baby born behind is a tiger.

Because beginning of spring is the real beginning of the Lunar New Year, time in beginning of spring is very important.

The ancients defined beginning of spring as the first of the 24 solar terms. On the day of beginning of spring, looking up at the starry sky at seven o'clock in the evening, you can see that the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the northeast, that is, the azimuth angle is 45 degrees, which the ancients called the direction of Gen (one of the eight diagrams).

Beginning of spring is not only the first of the 24 solar terms, but also an important festival. In the astronomical sense, it marks the beginning of spring, while in the Yi-ology, everything of yin and yang begins again, marking the real beginning of a new year.