The traditional
chinese calendar
The traditional Chinese calendar (also known as the Agricultural Calendar 曆; 农历; ''Nónglì''; 'farming calendar' Former Calendar 曆; 旧历; ''Jiùlì'' Traditional Calendar 曆; 老历; ''Lǎolì'', is a lunisolar calendar ...
divides a year into 24
solar terms.
''Yǔshuǐ'' / 雨水, ''Usui'', ''Usu'', or ''Vũ thủy'' (in vietnamese lenguage), literally meaning ''rain water'', is the 2nd one of them.
It begins when the Sun reaches the
celestial longitude of 330° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 345°.
It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 330°.
In
gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It was introduced in October 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian calendar. The principal change was to space leap years dif ...
it usually begins around 18 February (19 February of / in east Asia time) and ends around 5 March.
Pentads
Each solar term can be divided into three
pentads (候), first (初候), second (次候) and last (末候) ones.
In Yushui each pentad includes :
; in China,
* first pentad / 獺祭魚 : 'otters make offerings of fish'. As fish begin to swim upstream, they are hunted by otters, which are believed to offer the fish to heaven ;
* second pentad / 鴻雁來 : 'the wild geese arrive'. Wild geese begin to make their northward migration, following the onset of spring ;
* last pentad / 草木萌動 : 'trees and grass put forth shoots' ;
; in Japan,
* first pentad / 土脉潤起 ;
* second pentad / 霞始靆 ;
* last pentad / 草木萠動.
Date and time
References
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Spring (season)