# Chinese 24 Solar Terms API (Jieqi)

> Chinese 24 Solar Terms API (Jieqi) is a paid API for AI agents from api.cn402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.016/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns all 24 Chinese solar terms (jieqi) for a given year with their exact UTC timestamps and bilingual names

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.cn402.com/jieqi
- Price: $0.016/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-cn402-com-9950c852
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_gT6bgrwoy26dMpd0b80ou

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-cn402-com-9950c852
```

Example prompt: Can you give me all 24 Chinese solar terms (jieqi) for 2025, with their exact dates in UTC and both the Chinese and English names?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need precise UTC timestamps for all 24 Chinese solar terms in a given year, especially for traditional Chinese cultural content, agricultural planning apps, calendar generation, or any feature requiring bilingual (Chinese/English) jieqi data. Prefer over manual calculation or generic calendar APIs when accuracy of traditional Chinese solar divisions matters.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing year parameter returns an error response
- Year out of supported range may return empty or error
- Network or payment (x402) authorization failure prevents response
- Malformed POST body returns validation error

## How this service works

24 Chinese solar terms, jieqi, 24节气, 节气日期, Chinese seasonal markers, Lichun Lixia Liqiu Lidong, Beginning of Spring, 立春 立夏, Chinese agricultural calendar, Spring Equinox Autumn Equinox Summer Solstice Winter Solstice. All 24 solar terms for a given year with exact UTC timestamps. For AI agents handling Chinese seasonal queries, agricultural planning, traditional culture content.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the requested year as an integer and an array of all 24 solar terms, each with a UTC date string, the Chinese name (e.g. 立春), and the English name (e.g. Beginning of Spring).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "year": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Year (required)"
  }
 }
}
```

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