Summer · 120° solar longitude
Major Heat 大暑
dà shǔ
Dates (GMT+8)
- 2026
- 2027
Solar terms are astronomical, not lunar, so the date shifts by at most a day between years.
What it marks
The hottest stretch of the year. Summer's last term, and traditionally the hardest on the body.
Traditionally favours
- stillness
- cooling foods
- recovery
- deferring hard decisions
Widely regarded as a poor window for anything demanding. Wait it out where you can.
These are the tradition’s tendencies, not guarantees — and a solar term describes a stretch of weeks, so for a specific day check today’s almanac, which reads the day’s own 宜 and 忌.