What day is the summer solstice this year in the lunar calendar? When does the dog days of summer begin this year?

What day is the summer solstice this year in the lunar calendar? When does the dog days of summer begin this year?
In the blink of an eye, we have waited from the Spring Festival to the summer solstice. In 2020, a sudden epidemic disrupted all our plans and trapped us at home. There are four months from January to May, so what day is the summer solstice in the lunar calendar this year? When does the dog days of summer begin this year? The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival, so the fifth month of the lunar calendar is also called Duanyue. Shuimoxiansheng.com has prepared for you the auspicious and inauspicious days in May of the lunar calendar in 2020. Come and have a look.

What day is the summer solstice this year in the lunar calendar?

Gregorian calendar time: Sunday, June 21, 2020 Lunar calendar time: May 1, 2020 The summer solstice is one of the 24 solar terms, which falls on June 21 or 22 of the Gregorian calendar every year. On the summer solstice, the sun moves to 90 degrees of ecliptic longitude, and the position of the sun directly above the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year, almost directly above the Tropic of Cancer.
At this time, daylight hours in all parts of the Northern Hemisphere reach their longest point of the year. For areas on and north of the Tropic of Cancer, the summer solstice is also the day when the sun is highest at noon in the year.

When does the dog days of summer begin this year?

"Fu" means to avoid the summer heat. The "Three Fu" refers to the first, middle and last Fu.
According to the traditional calendar, the first dog days of summer are counted from the third Geng day after the summer solstice, the middle dog days of summer are counted from the fourth Geng day after the summer solstice, and the last dog days of summer are counted from the first Geng day to the second Geng day after the beginning of autumn.
The dog days of summer in 2020 will begin on July 16th. The summer solstice is not the beginning of the dog days of summer yet, so it is not the hottest time yet.
Generally, after the beginning of the dog days, the humidity on the ground becomes higher, the ground absorbs more heat every day and emits less heat, and the heat in the surface layer accumulates, so it becomes hotter day by day.
2020 First Dog Days Schedule
First day of the dog days: July 16, 2020 - July 25, 2020 First day of the dog days July 16, 2020 First day of the dog days July 17, 2020 First day of the dog days July 18, 2020 First day of the dog days July 19, 2020 First day of the dog days July 20, 2020 First day of the dog days July 21, 2020 First day of the dog days July 22, 2020 First day of the dog days July 23, 2020 First day of the dog days July 24, 2020 First day of the dog days July 25, 2020

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