Solar term 3 of 24

Awakening of Insects驚蟄

Spring thunder wakes creatures from their sleep.

Sun at
345°
Date in 2026
5 Mar
Type
Opens a month
Sunrise
乙
立春雨水驚蟄春分清明穀雨立夏小滿芒種夏至小暑大暑立秋處暑白露秋分寒露霜降立冬小雪大雪冬至小寒大寒
Its place in the solar year

Sunrise

In Beijing, as the book records it, the sun rises 7°44′ south of due east.

Three pentads

Each term splits into three five-day pentads, each named for a sign in nature.

  1. 1桃始華Peach trees bloom
  2. 2倉庚鳴Orioles sing
  3. 3鷹化為鳩Hawks turn into doves

Sources Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 12.