The three volts are one of the characteristics of the Chinese calendar. The ancients chose Geng Day because it was the three hottest days of the year. In these three days, the third Geng day after the summer solstice is the first day, the following Geng day is the middle day, and the first Geng day after the beginning of autumn is the last day – that is, the three Geng days after the Little Summer Festival. The editor will tell you below: When will the Dog Days of 2017 begin?
2017 Dog Days schedule.
2017 Dog Days Timetable: This year (2017), These three days are the first fall of Gengzi on July 12, the middle fall of Gengshu on July 22, and the last fall of Gengwu on August 11.
Time of Dog Day in 2017
Tou Fu July 12th—— July 21st
Zhongfu July 22nd – August 10th
Last Day August 11th – August 20th
Futian There are 40 days in total, and the dog days begin on August 21. The weather characteristics of the dog days are high temperature, low pressure, high humidity, and low wind speed.
Why does the Dog Day last for 40 days this year
Dog Day is the general term for the first, middle and last days. The \”stems and branches method\” that has been popular in my country since ancient times uses 10 heavenly stems and 12 earthly branches to form 60 groups of different names to mark days. Among them, every day with the character \”Geng\” is called \”Geng Day\”. The character \”Geng\” is the seventh character among the 10 heavenly stems \”A, B, C, D, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui\”. Geng day is repeated every 10 days. Starting from the summer solstice, according to the arrangement of the stems and branches, the third Geng day is the first day, the fourth day is the middle day, and the first day after the beginning of autumn is the last day. When there is only the fourth Geng day between the summer solstice and the beginning of autumn, the period of Zhongfu is 10 days, and if there is the fifth Geng day, it is 20 days. In this way, the Dog Days may be 30 days or 40 days. Take this year as an example. This year Sangeng Day comes early, so the Beginning of Autumn will occur.There are a total of five Geng days in the past, so the time of Zhongfu will be extended. The summer solstice is June 22, the first dog day is July 13, the middle dog day is 20 days long, the beginning of autumn is August 8, and the last dog day is August 12. The total number of dog days is 40 days.
What does the dog day mean?
\”…Autumn is plague of malaria, few people receive it, and people get seriously ill during the winter solstice.\” Speaking, Fu means lurking. The \”Fu\” in \”Dog Days\” refers to \”Fu evil\”. It is the summer evil among the so-called \”six evils\” (referring to \”wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire\”). In summer, heat evil will gradually infiltrate the body without being noticed. If the heat evil is not eliminated, in autumn, the fire evil will overcome the metal and damage the lung qi, causing people\’s immunity to decline, and people will suffer from colds, coughs, fever and other diseases. After entering winter, these diseases will recur.
So during the dog days of summer, we must be careful not to be greedy for cold weather, and at the same time, we must seize the good time of the dog days to treat and prevent winter diseases and summer diseases.
