the 24 forttnight signs

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no.	date	fortnight sign	Chinese name for fortnight sign
1	05/02-18/02	the beginning of spring	li chhun
2	19/02-0/03	rain	yu shui
3	06/03-20/03	waking up	ching che or chih
4	21/03-05/04	spring	chhun fen
5	06/04-20/04	clear and bright	chhing ming
6	21/04-05/05	grain rain	ku yu
7	06/05-21/05	summer	li hsia
8	22/05-06/06	lesser fullness	Hsiao man
9	07/06-21/06	grain in ear	mang chung
10	22/06-06/07	summer solstice	hsia chih
11	07/07-21/07	lesser heat	Hsiao shu
12	23/07-07/08	greater heat	ta shu
13	08/08-23/08	autumn	li chhiu
14	24/08-07/09	end of heat	chhu shu
15	08/09-22/09	white dews	pai lu
16	23/09-08/10	autumn equinox	chhiu fen
17	09/10-23/10	cold dews	han lu
18	24/10-07/11	descent of hoar frost	shuang chiang
19	08/11-22/11	beginning of winter	li tung
20	23/11-07/12	lesser snow	Hsiao hsueh
21	08/12-21/12	greater snow	ta hsueh
22	22/12-05/01	winter solstice	tung chih
23	06/01-20/01	lesser cold	Hsiao han
24	21/01-04/02	greater cold	ta han