Shuangjiang (solar term) explained

The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms (节气/節氣).^[1] Shuāngjiàng, Sōkō, Sanggang, or Sương giáng is the 18th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 210° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 225°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 210°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around October 23 and ends around November 7.

The western holiday of Halloween occurs in this solar term.

Pentads

• 豺乃祭獸, 'Dholes make offerings of the beasts'
• 草木黃落, 'The plants yellow and shed leaves'
• 蟄蟲咸俯, 'All insects go dormant'

Notes and References

1. Zhang . Peiyu . Hunag . Hongfeng . The Twenty-four Solar Terms of the Chinese Calendar and the Calculation for Them . Purple Mountain Observatory . 1994 .