Jingzhe

For the Chinese film, see Jingzhe (film).

Solar term

Longi- tude	Term	Calendar
Spring
315°	Lichun	4-5 February
330°	Yushui	18-19 February
345°	Jingzhe	5-6 March
0°	Chunfen	20-21 March
15°	Qingming	4-5 April
30°	Guyu	20-21 April
Summer
45°	Lixia	5-6 May
60°	Xiaoman	21-22 May
75°	Mangzhong	5-6 June
90°	Xiazhi	21-22 June
105°	Xiaoshu	7-8 July
120°	Dashu	22-23 July
Autumn
135°	Liqiu	7-8 August
150°	Chushu	23-24 August
165°	Bailu	7-8 September
180°	Qiufen	23-24 September
195°	Hanlu	8-9 October
210°	Shuangjiang	23-24 October
Winter
225°	Lidong	7-8 November
240°	Xiaoxue	22-23 November
255°	Daxue	7-8 December
270°	Dongzhi	21-22 December
285°	Xiaohan	5-6 January
300°	Dahan	20-21 January

Jīngzhé (pīnyīn) or Keichitsu (rōmaji) (traditional Chinese: 驚蟄; simplified Chinese: 惊蛰; Japanese: 啓蟄; Korean: 경칩; Vietnamese: Kinh trập; literally: "awakening of insects") is the 3rd of 24 solar terms (節氣) in the traditional East Asian calendars. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 345° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 360°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 345°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around March 5 and ends around March 20.

The word 驚蟄 has the meaning of awakening of hibernated insects. 驚 is startling, and 蟄 is hibernated (insects). The traditional Chinese farming culture said that during Jingzhe, thunderstorms will wake up the hibernated insects, which also means the weather is getting warm.

Pentads

Date and Time (UTC)

year	begin	end
辛巳	2001-03-05 12:32	2001-03-20 13:30
壬午	2002-03-05 18:27	2002-03-20 19:16
癸未	2003-03-06 00:04	2003-03-21 00:59
甲申	2004-03-05 05:55	2004-03-20 06:48
乙酉	2005-03-05 11:45	2005-03-20 12:33
丙戌	2006-03-05 17:28	2006-03-20 18:25
丁亥	2007-03-05 23:18	2007-03-21 00:07
戊子	2008-03-05 04:58	2008-03-20 05:48
己丑	2009-03-05 10:47	2009-03-20 11:43
庚寅	2010-03-05 16:46	2010-03-20 17:32
辛卯	2011-03-05 22:29	2011-03-20 23:20
壬辰	2012-03-05 04:21	2012-03-20 05:14
癸巳	2013-03-05 10:14	2013-03-20 11:01
甲午	2014-03-05 16:02	2014-03-20 16:57

Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

Each solar term can be divided into 3 pentads (候). They are first pentad (初候), second pentad (次候) and last pentad (末候). Pentads in Jingzhe including:

China

• First pentad: 桃始華, 'The peach begins to blossom'.
• Second pentad: 倉庚鳴, 'Orioles sing clearly'.
• Last pentad: 鷹化為鳩, 'Eagles transform into cuckoos'.

Japan

• First pentad: 蟄虫啓戸
• Second pentad: 桃始笑
• Last pentad: 菜虫化蝶

Preceded by Yushui (雨水)

Solar term (節氣)

Succeeded by Chunfen (春分)