In which season did the ancients sacrifice to the kitchen god?

Among the many gods that people believed in ancient China, Kitchen God had the highest position among the Han people. There is a folk proverb "three sacrifices to the stove, four sweeps the house ...", which means offering sacrifices to the stove god on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. Every year on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, Kitchen God reports the merits and demerits of the world and will pray for others. Therefore, the customs in the north and south are to worship the kitchen god and burn incense on the night of1February 23rd.