Solar term 11 of 24
Minor Heat小暑
The heat builds.
- Sun at
- 105°
- Date in 2026
- 7 Jul
- 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溫風至Warm winds arrive
- 2蟋蟀居壁Crickets keep to the walls
- 3鷹始摯Young hawks learn to strike
Sources Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 12.