While the other twelve lunar months are. distinguished by. the twelve horary characters, the inter alary, month is. not only not dis Linguished by any' special character, Dut it is not even counted; it has no umber 2s a month, 'A lunar month being shorter than the time it takes the sun to traverse zodiacal sign, it follows that, in a "complete™ year, the sun must re= main' within one and. the same zodiacal sign during the whole tone of the thirteen tuner" months, fand that particular month is the one Which is chosen as intercalary.
Otherwise, the system by which the [Chinese "at "present determine which lunar month Is 10 be intercalary Sased on the following principles: fallin the second. bonar "month, the soeing cqulnax must alway
Summer solstice always. tu the" Aft lar' month, the autumn "equinox always in the eighth lunar month Wo chang Thus, in the lunar year commenc-ling on January 24 "next, the run third lunar month (our April 20), will remain there during the: New Year's day will The Benison whole of the following lunar month, February. 11.
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