Is there any way to calculate the exact time for the start of spring period in the chinese solar calendar?

Question

Normally the start of spring begins from the 3rd to 5th of feb each year. But i want to get the exact time up to minutes level for it as shown in http://www.fengshuibestbuy.com/kuanumber.html .

Is there any way to calculate it for other years not found in the chart of the above site.

Answer 1

There is a website which allows you to input the year and obtain the Feast Days in the Chinese Solar Calendar. Its address is http://www.asia-home.com/china/solterms....

It seems to work for many years into the future.

They differ by a few minutes from the times specified in the website you've linked to. I suspect both sites use an approximate formula for the solar longitude, on which the dates and times depend.

Answer 2

the Chinese lunar year begins with the first full moon after each winter solstace....the winter solstace is recorded in the US Farmers Alamanc

the months alternate with 29 and 30 days each, beginning with 29

thusly, the second month begins spring....you may be interested to know the lunar calendar is agriculturally relative, therefore each month, excluding the first and last months, are named after flowering plants

....the 2nd month is apricot month

....the 3rd is plum month

....the 4th is peach month

...and so on, notably the autumn month being chrysanthemum month

....the winter solstace of any year is the key to your quandry

....many professional 'fengshui' advisor/designers may allow for some extra days added for calendar correction, about every 3-4 months an extra day is added.....but fengshui is relative to the entire year, not some precise moment in time, therefore an approximate winter solstace may be enough for your needs

...if this is not at all helpful, please ignore my words

thank you.

Blessings :)