What is the date of Minor Cold in the lunar calendar of 2019? Is it the coldest time?

What is the date of Minor Cold in the lunar calendar of 2019? Is it the coldest time?
Minor Cold is a solar term in winter, which comes after the winter solstice. During Minor Cold, people will pay great attention to keeping warm. So, when is the Minor Cold in the lunar calendar of 2019? Is it the coldest time? Next, let’s follow the editor to take a look! Shuimoxiansheng.com has carefully compiled detailed information about the twelfth lunar month of 2019. If you want to know the auspicious and inauspicious days in the twelfth lunar month, just go to Shuimoxiansheng.com.

Q: What is the exact date of the Minor Cold in the lunar calendar of 2019?

Answer: The date of Minor Cold in the Gregorian calendar is January 6, 2020, 05:29:59.
The lunar calendar is the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month of 2019.

Start time: Monday, January 6, 2020, 05:29:59 End time: Monday, January 20, 2020, 22:54

Question: What does Minor Cold mean?

Answer: The ancients believed that cold air accumulates over a long period of time and becomes cold. Since the degree of coldness has not reached its extreme, it is called Minor Cold.
In ancient China, Minor Cold was divided into three stages: " The first stage is when the wild geese fly north, the second stage is when the magpies start to build nests, and the third stage is when the pheasants start to crow ."
The ancients believed that among migratory birds, wild geese migrated in accordance with the yin and yang. At this time, the yang energy had moved, so the wild geese began to migrate northward;
At this time, magpies can be seen everywhere in the north, and they begin to build nests by sensing the Yang energy;
The third phase is "雉鸲", in which "鸲" means singing. When approaching the 49th day of the lunar month, pheasants will feel the growth of yang energy and sing.
Among the six solar terms in winter, the ancients seemed to care more about the Minor Cold. There are sayings such as " Minor Cold is better than Major Cold " and " Minor Cold and Major Cold mean people and horses are safe ."
The ancients believed that if the weather during the Minor Cold was abnormal, it was not a good sign.
The ancient book "Yi Zhou Shu·Shi Xun Jie" from the pre-Qin period stated: " If the wild geese do not fly north, the people will not miss their lord; if the magpies do not build nests, the country will not be at peace; if the pheasants do not crow, the country will be hit by floods ."
For those who work hard outside, Xiaohan is the "homesickness festival".
The first sign of the Lesser Cold is “Wild Geese Return to the North”. Imagine that the wild geese know to return, so as human beings, shouldn’t we “go home to visit”?
Therefore, the ancients who worked hard outside would usually pack their bags and prepare to return home when the Lesser Cold came, which is what the saying goes, "Less Cold and Greater Cold, kill pigs for the New Year."
Because once Xiaohan arrives, China's most important traditional festival, the Spring Festival, is not far away.

Question: Is Xiaohan the coldest time?

Answer: Generally speaking, Minor Cold is the coldest.
Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term, which falls between January 5-7 in the Gregorian calendar, when the sun is at 285° of the ecliptic longitude.
Arranged according to the lunar calendar, it is the second to last solar term among the 24 solar terms (the last one is Dahan), while according to the Gregorian calendar, it becomes the first solar term of each year.
For China, Minor Cold marks the beginning of the coldest days of the year.
According to China's meteorological data, Minor Cold is the solar term with the lowest temperature, and only in a few years does the temperature of Major Cold fall below that of Minor Cold.
The temperature during the Lesser Cold season in the lunar calendar of 2019 is lower than that during the Greater Cold season.

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