Li Chun (立春), which is one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese calendar, is the day when the Sun enters 315o longitude and marks the Beginning of Spring in the traditional Chinese calendar.
Furthermore it is also the beginning of the new Chinese horoscope year (which is the 壬寅 - Water Tiger this year) and not on the date of the Lunar New Year as many people think it is.
Li Chun usually falls on the 3rd or 4th of February in the Gregorian calendar, and whilst it can occur, it is a rare occurrence for the Lunar New Year date to coincide on the same day with Li Chun (e.g. in 2038, and 2087 the Lunar New Year date coincides with Li Chun for that year). So the Ren Yin (壬寅) Water Tiger year of 2022 actually starts today at 4.50am.
Egg Balancing on Li Chun: There is a myth that eggs can be easily balanced on the broad end on this day due to electromagnetic forces etc. coming together on this particular day. In reality it is just a myth and it has been studied that eggs can be balanced on the broader end on any day of the year. All you need to do is to make the shell have at least three contact points with a flat surface (due to the imperfections present on the shell) whilst keeping the centre of mass of the egg within the area that is defined by those three points.
Wishing all a Happy Water Tiger Year 2022!
