How to calculate the dog days of summer? Is the Great Heat of 2019 the first day of the dog days of summer?

How to calculate the dog days of summer? Is the Great Heat of 2019 the first day of the dog days of summer?
The dog days refer to the first day of the dog days, which is the day when the dog days of summer begin. So how do we calculate the dog days of summer? Is the Great Heat of 2019 the first day of the dog days of summer? The sixth month of the lunar calendar is also known as: Qie Yue, He Yue, Fu Yue, and Jixia. Want to know every day of the sixth lunar month? Let’s go to Mr. Shui Mo’s website to take a look at the sixth lunar month of 2019.

How to calculate the dog days of summer?

Determine the first day of the dog days according to the formula "Count the first dog days from the third day of the summer solstice".
In fact, the dates of the three hottest days are different every year, and there is no accurate date for the first hottest day. The standard for establishing the first hottest day is the third Geng day after the summer solstice of that year. Starting from the summer solstice every year, the third Geng day counted according to the traditional calendar of heavenly stems and earthly branches is the first hottest day.
There are three hot days in a row, each of which lasts for ten days, and this is calculated according to the ten number of the heavenly stems. Therefore, the three dog days are divided into: the third Geng day after the summer solstice is the beginning day of the first dog day.
The date of the beginning of the dog days can be simply expressed by the four-character formula "Summer Solstice Three Gengs", that is, starting from the third "Geng" day after the summer solstice, the first dog days is 10 days, the middle dog days is 10 days or 20 days, and the last dog days is 10 days. The "ganzhi calendar" was popular in ancient my country. The days were recorded in a cycle using 60 different names formed by matching 10 heavenly stems with 12 earthly branches. Any day containing the character Geng is called Geng Day.
2019 Summer Solstice Date: June 21, 2019
The first Geng Day after the summer solstice in 2019 is June 22, 2019 (Geng Yin Day)
The second Geng day after the summer solstice in 2019: July 2, 2019 (Gengzi Day)
The third Geng day after the summer solstice in 2019: July 12, 2019 (Gengxu Day)
Therefore, the first day of the "dog days" this year is July 12, 2019 (Gengxu Day) . Because the first dog days lasts for 10 days, this year's first dog days is from July 12th to July 21st.

Is the Great Heat of 2019 the first day of the dog days?

Answer: Great Heat is not the first day of the dog days, the time of Great Heat is already in the dog days.
Rufu means entering the dog days of summer. The period from Lesser Heat to Beginning of Autumn is called "Fuxia". The "Three Fu" refers to the first, middle and last Fu, which is approximately from mid-July to mid-August. According to the Chinese calendar, the third Geng day after the summer solstice is the beginning of the dog days, of which the first 10 days are the first dog days. The first dog days can be as early as 20 days away from the summer solstice and as late as 30 days. The Lesser Heat is 15 days away from the summer solstice. The official beginning of the dog days is about five days after the Lesser Heat, and the Greater Heat is 15 days away from the Lesser Heat, so the Greater Heat is the solar term after the beginning of the dog days, which is during the "middle dog days". As the saying goes, "A good fate is not as good as good luck." A person's destiny is already determined, and the only thing that can be controlled is his or her "luck." Unexpected changes in the world may happen at any time, so use Mr. Shui Mo's [Premium Calculation] function to learn more about your fortune in 2019!

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