The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.[1] Xiǎomǎn, Shōman, Soman, or Tiểu mãn is the 8th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 60° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 75°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 60°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 21 May and ends around 5 June (6 June East Asia time).

Xiaoman
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese小滿
Simplified Chinese小满
Literal meaningsmall full
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinxiǎomǎn
Bopomofoㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄢˇ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationsíu múhn
Jyutpingsiu2 mun5
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabettiểu mãn
Chữ Hán小滿
Korean name
Hangul소만
Hanja小滿
Transcriptions
Revised Romanizationsoman
Japanese name
Kanji小満
Hiraganaしょうまん
Transcriptions
Romanizationshōman
Solar term
Term Longitude Dates
Lichun 315° 4–5 February
Yushui 330° 18–19 February
Jingzhe 345° 5–6 March
Chunfen 20–21 March
Qingming 15° 4–5 April
Guyu 30° 20–21 April
Lixia 45° 5–6 May
Xiaoman 60° 21–22 May
Mangzhong 75° 5–6 June
Xiazhi 90° 21–22 June
Xiaoshu 105° 7–8 July
Dashu 120° 22–23 July
Liqiu 135° 7–8 August
Chushu 150° 23–24 August
Bailu 165° 7–8 September
Qiufen 180° 23–24 September
Hanlu 195° 8–9 October
Shuangjiang 210° 23–24 October
Lidong 225° 7–8 November
Xiaoxue 240° 22–23 November
Daxue 255° 7–8 December
Dongzhi 270° 21–22 December
Xiaohan 285° 5–6 January
Dahan 300° 20–21 January

Date and time

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Date and Time (UTC)
year begin end
辛巳 2001-05-20 23:44 2001-06-05 14:53
壬午 2002-05-21 05:29 2002-06-05 20:44
癸未 2003-05-21 11:12 2003-06-06 02:19
甲申 2004-05-20 16:59 2004-06-05 08:13
乙酉 2005-05-20 22:47 2005-06-05 14:01
丙戌 2006-05-21 04:31 2006-06-05 19:36
丁亥 2007-05-21 10:11 2007-06-06 01:27
戊子 2008-05-20 16:00 2008-06-05 07:11
己丑 2009-05-20 21:51 2009-06-05 12:59
庚寅 2010-05-21 03:33 2010-06-05 18:49
辛卯 2011-05-21 09:21 2011-06-06 00:27
壬辰 2012-05-20 15:15 2012-06-05 06:25
癸巳 2013-05-20 21:09 2013-06-05 12:23
甲午 2014-05-21 02:59 2014-06-05 18:03
乙未 2015-05-21 08:43 2015-06-05 23:58
丙申 2016-05-20 14:38 2016-06-05 05:46
丁酉 2017-05-20 20:33 2017-06-05 11:36
戊戌 2018-05-21 02:14 2018-06-05 17:31
己亥 2019-05-21 07:57 2019-06-05 23:07
庚子 2020-05-20 13:50 2020-06-05 04:56
Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

References

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  1. ^ Zhang, Peiyu; Hunag, Hongfeng (1994). "The Twenty-four Solar Terms of the Chinese Calendar and the Calculation for Them". Purple Mountain Observatory.
Preceded by
Lixia (立夏)
Solar term (節氣) Succeeded by
Mangzhong (芒種)