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The solar term at 120° of solar longitude.
Also known as: Major Heat solar term
The Chinese solar term beginning when the sun reaches 120° of ecliptic longitude, around 22 July.
Marks the hottest part of the year, at 120 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
Contexts: History, Public information
Falls a month after the solstice rather than on it, which is the calendar recording seasonal lag: the ground and the sea keep warming after the sun's peak, and the term set names the heat where it actually is rather than where the astronomy is.
Contexts: History, Public information
A written character pair set against a division of the year, marked on a Chinese calendar at the point the sun reaches 120° of ecliptic longitude.