What day is the Beginning of Winter?

The Beginning of Winter is one of the solar terms in the lunar calendar and one of the traditional festivals of the Han nationality. The time is between November 7 and 8 of the Gregorian calendar, that is, the sun is at 24 degrees of longitude. After the Beginning of Winter, the sunshine time will continue to shorten, and the height of the sun at noon will continue to decrease. Let's take a look at what day the Beginning of Winter is in 2016.

What day is the Beginning of Winter?

The Beginning of Winter in 2016 is November 7, 2016, and the eighth day of the year of the Monkey in the year of the Monkey in the lunar calendar. It is appropriate to break down houses, bad walls, seek medical treatment, treat diseases, do not take the rest, and avoid marriage and burial.

Climatic characteristics of the Beginning of Winter

Astronomically, "the Beginning of Winter" is regarded as the beginning of winter. according to climatology, the entry of winter in China will be delayed by about 20 days. In the Beginning of Winter, the sun has reached 225 degrees longitude, and the amount of solar radiation in our northern hemisphere is getting less and less, but because the surface still has a certain amount of energy stored in the summer half year, it is not usually too cold, but the temperature is gradually dropping. When it is sunny and windless, there is often a sunny, warm and comfortable October "Xiao Yangchun" weather.

The Beginning of Winter's Agricultural activities

1. Autumn harvest and winter seed: the Beginning of Winter is a good time for autumn harvest and winter planting. All localities should make full use of sunny weather to do a good job in harvesting, drying and drying late rice to ensure the quality of storage. We should pay close attention to the sowing of winter wheat, pay attention to the weather forecast, and skillfully use the weather to sow early in rain, rather than sowing slightly later in order to ensure the sowing quality and strive to survive the winter with tillers, prevent jointing during the year, expand the winter planting area as much as possible, and reduce free fields. All localities should do a good job in planting in winter, repairing water conservancy in winter, and accumulating fertilizer in winter.

2. Vegetable farming: the Beginning of Winter should do a good job in building the greenhouse in time. At the same time, do a good job in greenhouse vegetable management, when the temperature is high during the day, you can uncover the film at the leeward outlet for ventilation, and pay attention to do a good job of greenhouse sealing at night. When the daily average temperature in North China and Huang-Huai region drops to about 4 ℃, when the field soil freezes at night and dissipates during the day, we should seize the opportunity to water well the winter water of wheat, vegetables and orchards, so as to supplement the lack of soil moisture, improve the field microclimate environment, prevent "drought aiding cold power", and reduce and avoid the occurrence of freezing injury. In the south of the Yangtze River and South China, timely opening of field "high-yield ditches" and clearing ditches and drainage are important measures to prevent the harm of waterlogging and freezing in winter.

3. Animal husbandry and farming: pig epidemic prevention in autumn, focusing on needle replenishment, strengthening grazing of cattle, eating enough forage, and carrying out a deworming work between the advent of winter. When grazing, try to let goats eat enough forage to gain fat, long-haired rabbits work in autumn, and those that are not mated are mated in time. Farmers who have the habit of raising geese hurriedly introduce Miao geese to raise them. The 70-day-old is just in time for the Spring Festival and can be sold at a good price.