Bailu (solar term)

Bailu
Bailu
Chinese name
Chinese	白露
Literal meaning	white dew
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	báilù
Bopomofo	ㄅㄞㄌㄨˋ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	baahk louh
Jyutping	baak6 lou6
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	bạch lộ
Chữ Hán	白露
Korean name
Hangul	백로
Hanja	白露
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	baengno
Japanese name
Kanji	白露
Hiragana	はくろ
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	hakuro

Solar term
Term	Longitude	Dates
Lichun	315°	4–5 February
Yushui	330°	18–19 February
Jingzhe	345°	5–6 March
Chunfen	0°	20–21 March
Qingming	15°	4–5 April
Guyu	30°	20–21 April
Lixia	45°	5–6 May
Xiaoman	60°	21–22 May
Mangzhong	75°	5–6 June
Xiazhi	90°	21–22 June
Xiaoshu	105°	7–8 July
Dashu	120°	22–23 July
Liqiu	135°	7–8 August
Chushu	150°	23–24 August
Bailu	165°	7–8 September
Qiufen	180°	23–24 September
Hanlu	195°	8–9 October
Shuangjiang	210°	23–24 October
Lidong	225°	7–8 November
Xiaoxue	240°	22–23 November
Daxue	255°	7–8 December
Dongzhi	270°	21–22 December
Xiaohan	285°	5–6 January
Dahan	300°	20–21 January

The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.^[1] Báilù, Hakuro, Baengno, or Bạch lộ (Chinese and Japanese: 白露; pinyin: báilù; rōmaji: hakuro; Korean: 백로; romaja: baengno; Vietnamese: bạch lộ; "white dew") is the 15th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 165° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 180°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 165°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around September 7 and ends around September 23. Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated around this time.

Pentads[edit]

鴻雁來, 'The wild geese come' – referring to the southward migration of geese.
玄鳥歸, 'The dark birds return' – 'dark birds' refer to swallows.
群鳥養羞, 'Birds stock their hoards' – i.e. in preparation for winter.

Date and time[edit]

Date and Time (UTC)
year	begin	end
辛巳	2001-09-07 13:46	2001-09-22 23:04
壬午	2002-09-07 19:31	2002-09-23 04:55
癸未	2003-09-08 01:20	2003-09-23 10:46
甲申	2004-09-07 07:12	2004-09-22 16:29
乙酉	2005-09-07 12:56	2005-09-22 22:23
丙戌	2006-09-07 18:39	2006-09-23 04:03
丁亥	2007-09-08 00:29	2007-09-23 09:51
戊子	2008-09-07 06:14	2008-09-22 15:44
己丑	2009-09-07 11:57	2009-09-22 21:18
庚寅	2010-09-07 17:44	2010-09-23 03:09
辛卯	2011-09-07 23:34	2011-09-23 09:04
壬辰	2012-09-07 05:29	2012-09-22 14:48
癸巳	2013-09-07 11:16	2013-09-22 20:44
甲午	2014-09-07 17:01	2014-09-23 02:29
乙未	2015-09-08 22:59	2015-09-23 08:20
丙申	2016-09-07 04:51	2016-09-22 14:21
丁酉	2017-09-07 10:36	2017-09-22 20:02
戊戌	2018-09-07 16:30	2018-09-23 01:52
己亥	2019-09-07 22:16	2019-09-23 07:47
庚子	2020-09-07 04:05	2020-09-22 13:30
Source: JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

References[edit]

^ Zhang, Peiyu; Hunag, Hongfeng (1994). "The Twenty-four Solar Terms of the Chinese Calendar and the Calculation for Them". Purple Mountain Observatory. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.

Preceded by Chushu (處暑)	Solar term (節氣)	Succeeded by Qiufen (秋分)

[1] Zhang, Peiyu; Hunag, Hongfeng (1994). "The Twenty-four Solar Terms of the Chinese Calendar and the Calculation for Them". Purple Mountain Observatory. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.

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