Solar Terms | Date | Remarks | ||
Chinese | Pinyin | English | ||
立春 | lìchūn | start of spring | 2013/2/4 | Start of Spring |
雨水 | yǔshuǐ | rain water | 2013/2/18 | more rain than snow |
惊蛰 | jīngzhé | awakening of insects | 2013/3/5 | awakening of hibernating insects. |
春分 | chūnfēn | vernal equinox | 2013/3/20 | spring division (or center of spring) |
清明 | qīngmíng | clear and bright | 2013/4/4 | time for tending graves |
谷雨 | gǔyǔ | grain rain | 2013/4/20 | lit. grain rain: rain helps grain grow |
立夏 | lìxià | start of summer | 2013/5/5 | Start of Summer |
小满 | xiǎomǎn | grain full | 2013/5/21 | grains are plump |
芒种 | mángzhòng | grain in ear | 2013/6/5 | lit. awns (beard of grain) grow |
夏至 | xiàzhì | summer solstice | 2013/6/21 | lit. summer extreme (of sun's height) |
小暑 | xiǎoshǔ | minor heat | 2013/7/7 | |
大暑 | dàshǔ | major heat | 2013/7/23 | |
立秋 | lìqiū | start of autumn | 2013/8/7 | |
处暑 | chǔshǔ | limit of heat | 2013/8/23 | literally meaning dwell in heat |
白露 | báilù | white dew | 2013/9/7 | condensed moisture makes dew white |
秋分 | qiūfēn | autumnal equinox | 2013/9/23 | literally meaning autumn division (or center of Autumn) |
寒露 | hánlù | cold dew | 2013/10/8 | |
霜降 | shuāngjiàng | frost descent | 2013/10/23 | appearance of frost and descent of temperature |
立冬 | lìdōng | start of winter | 2013/11/7 | |
小雪 | xiǎoxuě | minor snow | 2013/11/22 | |
大雪 | dàxuě | major snow | 2013/12/7 | |
冬至 | dōngzhì | winter solstice | 2013/12/21 | literally meaning winter extreme (of sun's height) |
小寒 | xiǎohán | minor cold | 2014/1/5 | |
大寒 | dàhán | major cold | 2014/1/20 | |