Originally Posted by
LapLap
I see, so during 2013, 2014, 2017 & 2018 risshun fell on the 3rd February which would have meant Setsubun was on the 2nd. These were formative years for LapChild and I would have paid more attention to this annual observance than I ever had before, I see where I got the notion that it was a 2.2 event now. What a ninny!
From 1985 to 2019 russhun fell on the 4th of February so setsubun was on the 3rd.
Originally Posted by
jib71
I can't get my head around how it is that setsubun no hi can fall on February 4th, but it sometimes does - In 1984, the vernal equinox fell on February 5th and shunbun no hi was the preceding February 4th.
It has to do with leap days in the Gregorian calendar.
There is a chart on Wikipedia (in Japanese). Setsubun is on the 2nd in 2021 (令和3年) and the previous time was in 1897 (明治30年). Setsubun was on the 5th in 1984 and the next time is in 2104.