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The solar term at 105° of solar longitude.
Also known as: Minor Heat solar term
The Chinese solar term beginning when the sun reaches 105° of ecliptic longitude, around 7 July.
Marks the onset of the hot season, at 105 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
Contexts: History, Public information
Is the first half of the commonest pairing in the set, in which a lesser term is followed a fortnight later by a greater one of the same name; six such pairs exist and they are what give the twenty-four its regular feel.
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 105° of ecliptic longitude.