What are the six solar terms in winter?

The six solar terms in winter are beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, slight cold and severe cold.

1, beginning of winter

Beginning of winter is the 19th of the 24 solar terms and the beginning of winter. Bucket handle points to the northwest, and the longitude of the sun reaches 225, which intersects with Gregorian calendar165438+1October 7-8 every year.

2. Xiaoxue

Light snow is the twentieth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in winter. The time is Gregorian calendar1October 22 or 23 165438, that is, when the sun reaches 240 degrees of the yellow meridian. Light snow is a solar term reflecting precipitation and temperature, and it is a solar term with high frequency of cold wave and strong cold air activity.

Step 3: heavy snow

Heavy snow is 2 1 of the 24 solar terms and the third solar term in winter. When the sun reaches the longitude of 255 degrees, the node time is 65438+February 6-8 in Gregorian calendar every year. The solar term of heavy snow is the beginning of the second month of the dry calendar, marking the official start of the mid-winter season.

4. Winter solstice

Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, child year, etc. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China.

5, slightly cold

Slight cold is the 23rd solar term among the 24 solar terms, the 5th solar term in winter, the end of the second month of the dry calendar and the beginning of the ugly month. Fighting fingers; The meridian of the sun is 285; It is celebrated every year on June 5-7 of 65438+ 10 in Gregorian calendar.