Autumn · 195° solar longitude
Cold Dew 寒露
hán lù
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 dew turns cold and is close to freezing. Autumn is now well advanced and the year's remaining work is finite.
Traditionally favours
- finishing
- storing
- warmth
- closing accounts
A term about limited remaining time — traditionally read as the point to complete rather than begin.
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.