Spring · 30° solar longitude
Grain Rain 穀雨
gǔ yǔ
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 rain that feeds the grain. Spring's last term, and the point at which planting must be finished — after this the season no longer forgives lateness.
Traditionally favours
- planting
- committing to plans
- finishing what was started in spring
A deadline more than an opening. Whatever spring was for, this is the edge of it.
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.