24 solar terms and 72 pentads.　3Sekki Keichitsu　 7-9Ko

2022/03/05 09:00

もくじ
・24節季72侯
・24-3 啓蟄
・72-7　蟄虫啓戸
・72-8　桃始笑
・72-9　菜虫化蝶

二十四節気七十二候（24 Sekki and 72 Ko)

「Japanese lunisolar calendar; Japanese microseasons」

Each solar term(二十四節気) is divided into three pentads (七十二候).
Each pentad consists of five or six days, and are mostly named after biological or botanical phenomena corresponding to the pentad.

24-2 啓蟄 (Insects Awakening)

Awakening of Insects.

Kei chitsu
啓蟄

72-7 蟄虫啓戸 (Hibernating insects surface)

March 6–10

Hibernating Creatures Open their Doors.

Sugomori mushito o hiraku
蟄(すごもり)虫(むし)戸(と)を啓(ひら)く

72-8 桃始笑 (First peach blossoms)

March 11–15

The First Peach Blossoms.

Momo hajimete saku
桃(もも)始(はじ)めて　笑(さ)く

72-9 菜虫化蝶(Caterpillars become butterflies)

March 16–20

Leaf Insects Turn into Butterflies.

Namushi chō to naru
菜虫 (なむし)、蝶(ちょう)と化(な)る

24sekki

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Reference

Japan’s 72 Microseasons

In ancient times the Japanese divided their year into 24 periods based on classical Chinese sources. The natural world comes to life in the even more vividly named 72 subdivisions of the traditional Japanese calendar.