Solar term 9 of 24
Grain in Ear芒種
Bearded grain is ready, and sowing is at its busiest.
- Sun at
- 75°
- Date in 2026
- 5 Jun
- Type
- Opens a month
- Sunrise
- 寅
Sunrise
In Beijing, as the book records it, the sun rises 30°08′ north of due east.
Three pentads
Each term splits into three five-day pentads, each named for a sign in nature.
- 1螳螂生Mantises hatch
- 2鵙始鳴Shrikes call
- 3反舌無聲Reed birds fall silent
Sources Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 12.