Lunar Months and Solar Terms in 2018
| Slight Cold (Xiao Han) | Jan | 5 | |
| Twelfth Moon (from 2017) | Jan | 16 | |
| Great Cold (Da Han) | Jan | 20 | |
| Spring Begins (Li Chun) | Feb | 4 | |
| First Moon, Spring Festival | Feb | 16 | |
| Rain Water (Yu Shui) | Feb | 19 | |
| Insects Awaken (Jing Zhe) | Mar | 5 | |
| Second Moon | Mar | 17 | |
| Spring Equinox (Chun Fen) | Mar | 21 | |
| Clear Bright (Qing Ming) | Apr | 5 | |
| Third Moon | Apr | 16 | |
| Grain Rains (Gu Yu) | Apr | 20 | |
| Summer Begins (Li Xia) | May | 5 | |
| Fourth Moon | May | 15 | |
| Grain Fills (Xiao Man) | May | 21 | |
| Ears of Grain (Mang Zhong) | Jun | 5 | |
| Fifth Moon | Jun | 14 | |
| Summer Solstice (Xia Zhi) | Jun | 21 | |
| Slight Heat (Xiao Shu) | Jul | 7 | |
| Sixth Moon | Jul | 13 | |
| Great Heat (Da Shu) | Jul | 23 | |
| Autumn Begins (Li Qiu) | Aug | 7 | |
| Seventh Moon | Aug | 11 | |
| Limit of Heat (Chu Shu) | Aug | 23 | |
| White Dew (Bai Lu) | Sep | 8 | |
| Eighth Moon | Sep | 10 | |
| Autumn Equinox (Qiu Fen) | Sep | 23 | |
| Cold Dew (Han Lu) | Oct | 8 | |
| Ninth Moon | Oct | 9 | |
| Frost's Descends (Shuang Jiang) | Oct | 23 | |
| Winter Begins (Li Dong) | Nov | 7 | |
| Tenth Moon | Nov | 8 | |
| Slight Snow (Xiao Xue) | Nov | 22 | |
| Great Snow (Da Xue) | Dec | 7 | |
| Eleventh Moon | Dec | 7 | |
| Winter Solstice (Dong Zhi) | Dec | 22 | |
| Twelfth Moon | Jan | 6 | |
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At the beginning of the year, astronomers begin from the solstices and equinoxes and then divide the year into twenty-four periods. |
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