Are there two springs in 2017? Is 2017 a good year for marriage?

Introduction: Getting married is a very important matter for every individual and every family, and getting married requires checking the almanac and finding a suitable auspicious day to hold the wedding. So, are there two springs in 2017? Is 2017 a good year for marriage? Let’s follow the editor to find out. The first month of the lunar calendar is an important month. Let us pay attention to the traditional festivals and solar terms in the first month and have a good start of the month.

What is the Double Spring Year? Is the Double Spring Year suitable for marriage?

A double spring year means that there are two Beginning of Spring solar terms in one year. The double spring year is a unique phenomenon in the Chinese commemorative calendar, which is actually caused by the "mistake" between the solar calendar and the lunar calendar.
The Gregorian calendar is based on the law of the Earth's revolution around the sun. One revolution of the Earth is considered a year, which is divided into twelve months, totaling 365 days (366 days in a leap year). The lunar calendar is based on the pattern of the moon's waxing and waning. One month is one month, and a year is composed of twelve months, with an actual number of days being 354.
The Chinese calendar is based on the cycles of the sun and moon. In this way, there is a deviation of eleven days between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar, so the "leap month" appeared in the lunar calendar to solve the time difference problem between the lunar and solar calendars.
Double Spring means that there will be two Beginning of Spring in a lunar year. The traditional Chinese lunar calendar is a combination of the yin and yang calendars: "yin" means that the calendar month is based on the synodic month (average length 29.5306 days), with the new moon day being the first day of each month; "yang" means that the calendar year is basically based on the tropical year, with the new moon day before or after the "beginning of spring" each year as the first day of the first lunar month (i.e. the Spring Festival). In a normal year of the Xia calendar, there are only 354 or 355 days in 12 months; in a year with a leap month, there are 384 or 383 days in 13 months, which can include 25 solar terms. In this way, there is a "Lichun" at the beginning and end of the year, making it a year with double spring.
A double spring year usually occurs in a leap month year. According to normal months, there are 24 solar terms in the lunar year. After one cycle of the 24 solar terms, the next year begins. However, due to the existence of leap month, the Beginning of Spring of the next year occurs at the end of this year. Therefore, the phenomenon of "double spring year" occurs. In fact, this is caused by the current Chinese custom of using the first day of the Lunar New Year as the beginning of the new year. In ancient times, people regarded the beginning of spring as the beginning of the new year, so the current concept of "double spring year" did not exist in ancient times. The "Double Spring Year" is just the result of the "adjustment" of the lunar and solar calendars. It is a natural product of the calendar's solar terms and has nothing to do with good or bad fortune.
For example, the first Spring Festival of the Year of the Monkey in 2004 was February 4, 2004, and February 4, 2005 was the second Spring Festival of the Year of the Monkey, because the Year of the Rooster did not begin until February 9, 2005, so there were two Spring Festivals in one year. The Year of the Monkey in 2004 had a leap February, making it a "year with two springs", while the Year of the Rooster in 2005 became a "year without spring". 2009 is a double spring year. In the next nine years, 2017 and 2020 will be the "double spring years".
Summary: Through the above article, we have learned something about the double spring year in 2017, and we also know that the double spring year is suitable for marriage. Friends who plan to get married in 2017 can choose an auspicious day. I wish you all success and happiness in the new year!

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