Summer · 105° solar longitude
Minor Heat 小暑
xiǎo 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
Heat arrives in earnest but has not peaked. The start of the sanfu 三伏 dog days in most reckonings.
Traditionally favours
- rest
- protecting health
- avoiding exertion
- indoor work
A term about pacing. The almanac's guidance turns toward conservation.
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.