Qiufen

Qiufen
Qiufen
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin	qiūfēn
Bopomofo	ㄑㄧㄡㄈㄣ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	chāu fān
Jyutping	cau1 fan1

Vietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetthu phânChữ Hán秋分Korean nameHangul추분Hanja秋分

Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	chubun

Japanese nameKanji秋分Hiraganaしゅうぶん

Transcriptions
Romanization	shūbun

Solar term
Term	Longitude	Dates
Lichun	315°	4–5 February
Yushui	330°	18–19 February
Jingzhe	345°	5–6 March
Chunfen	0°	20–21 March
Qingming	15°	4–5 April
Guyu	30°	20–21 April
Lixia	45°	5–6 May
Xiaoman	60°	21–22 May
Mangzhong	75°	5–6 June
Xiazhi	90°	21–22 June
Xiaoshu	105°	7–8 July
Dashu	120°	22–23 July
Liqiu	135°	7–8 August
Chushu	150°	23–24 August
Bailu	165°	7–8 September
Qiufen	180°	23–24 September
Hanlu	195°	8–9 October
Shuangjiang	210°	23–24 October
Lidong	225°	7–8 November
Xiaoxue	240°	22–23 November
Daxue	255°	7–8 December
Dongzhi	270°	21–22 December
Xiaohan	285°	5–6 January
Dahan	300°	20–21 January

The traditional

celestial longitude of 180° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 195°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 180°. In the Gregorian calendar

, it usually begins around September 23 and ends around October 8.

Pentads

雷始收聲, 'Thunder begins to soften'
蟄蟲培戶, 'Insects make nests'
水始涸, 'Water begins to solidify'

Date and time

Date and Time (UTC)
year	begin	end
辛巳	2001-09-22 23:04	2001-10-08 05:25
壬午	2002-09-23 04:55	2002-10-08 11:09
癸未	2003-09-23 10:46	2003-10-08 17:00
甲申	2004-09-22 16:29	2004-10-07 22:49
乙酉	2005-09-22 22:23	2005-10-08 04:33
丙戌	2006-09-23 04:03	2006-10-08 10:21
丁亥	2007-09-23 09:51	2007-10-08 16:11
戊子	2008-09-22 15:44	2008-10-07 21:56
己丑	2009-09-22 21:18	2009-10-08 03:40
庚寅	2010-09-23 03:09	2010-10-08 09:26
辛卯	2011-09-23 09:04	2011-10-08 15:19
壬辰	2012-09-22 14:48	2012-10-07 21:11
癸巳	2013-09-22 20:44	2013-10-08 02:58
甲午	2014-09-23 02:29	2014-10-08 08:47
乙未	2015-09-23 08:17	2015-10-08 14:43
丙申	2016-09-22 14:21	2016-10-07 20:33
丁酉	2017-09-22 20:02	2017-10-08 02:19
戊戌	2018-09-23 01:52	2018-10-08 08:11
己亥	2019-09-23 07:47	2019-10-08 14:05
庚子	2020-09-22 13:30	2020-10-07 19:56
Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

References

^ Zhang, Peiyu; Hunag, Hongfeng (1994). "The Twenty-four Solar Terms of the Chinese Calendar and the Calculation for Them". Purple Mountain Observatory.

Preceded by Bailu (白露)	Solar term (節氣)	Succeeded by Hanlu (寒露)

[1] Zhang, Peiyu; Hunag, Hongfeng (1994). "The Twenty-four Solar Terms of the Chinese Calendar and the Calculation for Them". Purple Mountain Observatory.

Pentads

Date and time

See also

References