Solar term 8 of 24
Grain Buds小滿
Grain fills out but is not yet ripe.
- Sun at
- 60°
- Date in 2026
- 21 May
- Type
- Mid-month
- Sunrise
- 寅
Sunrise
In Beijing, as the book records it, the sun rises 26°45′ north of due east.
Three pentads
Each term splits into three five-day pentads, each named for a sign in nature.
- 1苦菜秀Sow thistle flowers
- 2靡草死Fine grasses die
- 3麥秋至Wheat ripens
Sources Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 12.