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Eighth solar term of traditional East Asian calendars

Xiaoman
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 小滿
Simplified Chinese 小满
Literal meaning small full
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinxiǎomǎnBopomofoㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄢˇYue: CantoneseYale Romanizationsíu múhnJyutpingsiu2 mun5
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet tiểu mãn
Chữ Hán 小滿
Korean name
Hangul 소만
Hanja 小滿
TranscriptionsRevised Romanizationsoman
Japanese name
Kanji 小満
Hiragana しょうまん
TranscriptionsRomanizationshōman

Solar term

Term Longitude Dates
Lichun 315° 4–5 February
Yushui 330° 18–19 February
Jingzhe 345° 5–6 March
Chunfen 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 Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.[1] Xiǎomǎn, Shōman, Soman, or Tiểu mãn is the 8th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 60° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 75°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 60°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 21 May and ends around 5 June (6 June East Asia time).

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Date and Time (UTC)

year begin end
辛巳 2001-05-20 23:44 2001-06-05 14:53
壬午 2002-05-21 05:29 2002-06-05 20:44
癸未 2003-05-21 11:12 2003-06-06 02:19
甲申 2004-05-20 16:59 2004-06-05 08:13
乙酉 2005-05-20 22:47 2005-06-05 14:01
丙戌 2006-05-21 04:31 2006-06-05 19:36
丁亥 2007-05-21 10:11 2007-06-06 01:27
戊子 2008-05-20 16:00 2008-06-05 07:11
己丑 2009-05-20 21:51 2009-06-05 12:59
庚寅 2010-05-21 03:33 2010-06-05 18:49
辛卯 2011-05-21 09:21 2011-06-06 00:27
壬辰 2012-05-20 15:15 2012-06-05 06:25
癸巳 2013-05-20 21:09 2013-06-05 12:23
甲午 2014-05-21 02:59 2014-06-05 18:03
乙未 2015-05-21 08:43 2015-06-05 23:58
丙申 2016-05-20 14:38 2016-06-05 05:46
丁酉 2017-05-20 20:33 2017-06-05 11:36
戊戌 2018-05-21 02:14 2018-06-05 17:31
己亥 2019-05-21 07:57 2019-06-05 23:07
庚子 2020-05-20 13:50 2020-06-05 04:56
Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System
  1. ^ Zhang, Peiyu; Hunag, Hongfeng (1994). "The Twenty-four Solar Terms of the Chinese Calendar and the Calculation for Them". Purple Mountain Observatory.