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FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES, &c.

Epiphany...

Jan. 6

Ascension day..

Septuagesima..

Feb. 8

Whit Sunday.

Ash Wednesday..

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Trinity Sunday..

Good Friday,.

Apri. 10

Easter Sunday.. .

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Jan. 5.

Jan. 20.

Ta-han, ‘great cold'

Feb.

4.

Feb. 19.

Accession of Victoria

1st Sunday in advet. Nov. 29

CHNESE TERMS.

Seaou-han, 'little cold'

Leih-chung, ‘spring begins' Yu-shwuy, 'rain and water'

15° in Capricorn.

in Aquarius.

May 21

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June 7

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in Pisces.

Mar. 6.

King-chih, ‘insects excited'

Mar. 21.

Chun-fun, 'vernal equinox'

in Aries.

Apr. 5.

Tsing-ming, clear & bright'

Apr. 20.

Kuh-yu, ‘grain-rain’

in Taurus.

May 6.

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Leih-hea, 'summer begins'

May 21.Seaou-mwan, 'grain a lit. full’

in Gemini.

June 6.Mang-chung, ‘grain spiked.

June 22.

Hea-che, 'summer solstice'

in Cancer.

July 7.

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Seaou-shoo, 'little heat'

July 23.

Tashoo, 'great heat'

in Leo.

Aug. 8.

Aug. 23.

Sep. 8.

8.

Sep. 23.

Oct. 9.

Leih-tsew, 'autuinn begins'

Choo-shoo, 'cessation of heat'

Pih-loo, 'white dew'

Tsew-fun, 'autumnal equinox'

Han-loo, 'cold-dew'

in Virgo.

in Libra.

Oct. 24.

Shwang keang, 'frost decends'

in Scorpio.

Nov. 8.

Leih-tung, ‘winter begins'

Nov. 23. /Seaou-seuh, 'little snow'

in Sagittarius.

Dec. 7.

Ta-seuh, 'great snow'

Dec. 22.

Tung-che, ‘winter solstice'

enters Capricorn.