Minor Cold — Born Hour

Minor Cold opens Chou month: cold established; late-winter earth storage begins.

Overview

Xiao Han (小寒) is the Jie at 285° opening Chou (丑). 'Minor' is folk scale relative to Da Han; many years Xiao Han is colder in the south.

Pentads: 雁北乡、鹊始巢、雉始雊. Lunar new year prep starts in many households (忙年).

Month Pillar Zi → Chou. Chou is wet earth storing metal and water in classical tables.

Eat 腊八粥 around the lunar Laba festival that often falls near this window.

Kind Jie · node

Opens 丑 month.

Culture Custom

Laba porridge (腊八粥) is a Buddhist-influenced winter food festival near this solar window.

Three pentads: geese northward; magpies nest; pheasants call.

Classical: early twelfth-month cold is still small.

Month command: Chou (丑) opens; wet-cold earth.

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Find Minor Cold in the almanac or chart engine output for your birth year and compare the instant with true solar time.

Jie nodes can move the Month Pillar; Zhong Qi deepen the same month without switching branch.

Minor Cold is a calendrical node and cultural festival, not a weather guarantee or personal luck verdict.