Beginning of spring time is on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month in the 85th lunar month.

According to the calendar query, beginning of spring time on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month in 85 corresponds to the Gregorian calendar1February 4th, 986. Eating spring cakes at the beginning of spring means welcoming spring and praying for a bumper harvest.

Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms. Standing means "start"; Spring represents warmth and growth. Twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated on the basis of "variable stars". When the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the shade, it is beginning of spring.