Lixia
A chinese calendar, used for summer begins, fire and heat rising.
Dates vary by a day from year to year and by time zone; the range is the conventional window. The sequence is counted from Lichun, as UNESCO does; some almanacs count from Dongzhi. The season labels follow the traditional Chinese seasons that begin at the four li terms, not Western astronomical seasons.
Correspondences
- Number
- 7
Sacred timing
- Season
- Summer
Nature and meaning
- Pinyin
- Lìxià
- Chinese
- 立夏
- Meaning
Beginning of summer; fire qi rises.
Details
- Date Range
- May 5-7
- Solar Longitude
- 45
- Keywords
- Summer beginsFireHeat rising
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