Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - I was born on August 28th of the lunar calendar. Shouldn't August be January? But why is my horoscope full moon? ...

I was born on August 28th of the lunar calendar. Shouldn't August be January? But why is my horoscope full moon? ...

Because the lunar calendar in China is not only composed of months and days.

There is also a system.

Which is the solar terms system.

The horoscope takes solar terms as the handover point of the month.

Solar terms are based on the degree of the ecliptic.

Almost consistent with the solar calendar

Almost every festival is on the fifth-seventh day of the fifth lunar month.

According to the sun's orbit.

On the other hand, the date of the lunar calendar follows the orbit of the moon.

In this way, Yin, Yang, Sun and Moon form a relatively complete calendar.

The horoscope is an operation based on this calendar.

take for example

65438+ 1985 10: 00 pm on October 5 is the handover time of the slight cold solar terms.

That is, the festival is handed over at 4 pm.

Although the Gregorian calendar 65438+10.5 is the lunar calendar165438+10.5.

But people born before 4 pm are children.

People born after 4 pm are even those born in ugly months.

Although your horoscope is August,

But because after the festival in early winter,

So according to the rules, it became a full moon.