Dashu

Solar term
 Longi-
tude
 
  Term   Calendar
Spring
315° Lichun 4-5 February
330° Yushui 18-19 February
345° Jingzhe 5-6 March
Chunfen 20-21 March
15° Qingming 4-5 April
30° Guyu 20-21 April
Summer
45° Lixia 5-6 May
60° Xiaoman 21-22 May
75° Mangzhong 5-6 June
90° Xiazhi 21-22 June
105° Xiaoshu 7-8 July
120° Dashu 22-23 July
Autumn
135° Liqiu 7-8 August
150° Chushu 23-24 August
165° Bailu 7-8 September
180° Qiufen 23-24 September
195° Hanlu 8-9 October
210° Shuangjiang 23-24 October
Winter
225° Lidong 7-8 November
240° Xiaoxue 22-23 November
255° Daxue 7-8 December
270° Dongzhi 21-22 December
285° Xiaohan 5-6 January
300° Dahan 20-21 January
Date and Time (UTC)
year begin end
辛巳 2001-07-22 18:26 2001-08-07 10:52
壬午 2002-07-23 00:14 2002-08-07 16:39
癸未 2003-07-23 06:04 2003-08-07 22:24
甲申 2004-07-22 11:50 2004-08-07 04:19
乙酉 2005-07-22 17:40 2005-08-07 10:03
丙戌 2006-07-22 23:17 2006-08-07 15:40
丁亥 2007-07-23 05:00 2007-08-07 21:31
戊子 2008-07-22 10:54 2008-08-07 03:16
己丑 2009-07-22 16:35 2009-08-07 09:01
庚寅 2010-07-22 22:21 2010-08-07 14:49
辛卯 2011-07-23 04:11 2011-08-07 20:33
壬辰 2012-07-22 10:00 2012-08-07 02:30
癸巳 2013-07-22 15:56 2013-08-07 08:20
甲午 2014-07-22 21:41 2014-08-07 14:02

Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (節氣). Dàshǔ (pīnyīn) or Taisho (rōmaji) (Chinese and Japanese: 大暑; Korean: 대서; Vietnamese: Đại thử; literally: "major heat") is the 12th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 120° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 135°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 120°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 22 July (23 July East Asia time) and ends around 7 August.


Preceded by
Xiaoshu (小暑)
Solar term (節氣) Succeeded by
Liqiu (立秋)