Nijūshi Sekki
二十四節気
Nijūshi Sekki · a calendar of the sun
Nijūshi Sekki
Dates are approximate. The sun's ecliptic longitude is worked out from today's date with a low-precision almanac formula, and each term's dates are the days on which the sun crosses its 15° boundary, reckoned in Japan Standard Time; elsewhere, and from year to year, they can fall a day earlier or later. The colour values follow one common modern rendering of each traditional name; historical dyes varied.