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The solar term at 30° of solar longitude.
Also known as: Grain Rain solar term
The Chinese solar term beginning when the sun reaches 30° of ecliptic longitude, around 20 April.
Marks the rains that the grain crop needs, at 30 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
Contexts: History, Public information
Closes the spring group of six and is the last term before the summer opener, so the spring terms run equinox-centred rather than season-centred: three fall before the equinox and three after it, which is true of every season in the scheme.
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 30° of ecliptic longitude.