When is the winter solstice of the lunar calendar in 2020?
The lunar calendar is the seventh day of the winter month.
The annual winter solstice falls on 1 1 month of the lunar calendar. It is difficult to determine the exact date, but it always falls on1February 22nd or 23rd of the solar calendar.
Winter solstice was originally one of the 24 solar terms. What is winter like on solstice? As the ancients said, "The Yin arrives, the Yang begins to grow, the day is south, the day is short, and the shadow is long, so it is called the winter solstice." As we know, solar terms are determined by the relative position of the sun on the ecliptic when the earth moves around the sun. The sun is the "vernal equinox" of the zero degree of the yellow meridian, and every 15 degree of the yellow meridian will be a solar term. When the sun is located at 27 degrees of the yellow meridian, the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn (23 degrees south latitude. 17'), the northern hemisphere has the shortest day and the longest night, and the climate is cold, which means "winter solstice".