Yushui (solar term)
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Longi- tude | Term | Calendar |
---|---|---|
Spring | ||
315° | Lichun | 4-5 February |
330° | Yushui | 18-19 February |
345° | Jingzhe | 5-6 March |
0° | 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 |
The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (節氣). Yǔshuǐ (pīnyīn) or Usui (rōmaji) (Chinese and Japanese: 雨水; Korean: 우수; Vietnamese: Vũ thủy; literally: "rain water") is 2nd solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 330° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 345°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 330°. In Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 18 February (19 February East Asia time) and ends around 5 March.
Pentads
year | begin | end |
---|---|---|
辛巳 | 2001-02-18 14:27 | 2001-03-05 12:32 |
壬午 | 2002-02-18 20:13 | 2002-03-05 18:27 |
癸未 | 2003-02-19 02:00 | 2003-03-06 00:04 |
甲申 | 2004-02-19 07:50 | 2004-03-05 05:55 |
乙酉 | 2005-02-18 13:31 | 2005-03-05 11:45 |
丙戌 | 2006-02-18 19:25 | 2006-03-05 17:28 |
丁亥 | 2007-02-19 01:08 | 2007-03-05 23:18 |
戊子 | 2008-02-19 06:49 | 2008-03-05 04:58 |
己丑 | 2009-02-18 12:46 | 2009-03-05 10:47 |
庚寅 | 2010-02-18 18:35 | 2010-03-05 16:46 |
辛卯 | 2011-02-19 00:25 | 2011-03-05 22:29 |
壬辰 | 2012-02-19 06:17 | 2012-03-05 04:21 |
癸巳 | 2013-02-18 12:01 | 2013-03-05 10:14 |
甲午 | 2014-02-18 17:59 | 2014-03-05 16:02 |
Each solar term can be divided into 3 pentads (候). They are first pentad (初候), second pentad (次候) and last pentad (末候). Pentads in Yushui including:
- China
- First pentad: 獺祭魚, 'Otters make offerings of fish'. As fish begin to swim upstream, they are hunted by otters, which are believed to offer the fish to heaven.,
- Second pentad: 鴻雁來, 'The wild geese arrive'. Wild geese begin to make their northward migration, following the onset of spring.
- Last pentad: 草木萌動, 'Trees and grass put forth shoots'.
- Japan
- First pentad: 土脉潤起
- Second pentad: 霞始靆
- Last pentad: 草木萠動
Preceded by Lichun (立春) |
Solar term (節氣) | Succeeded by Jingzhe (驚蟄) |
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