Minor Snow — 小雪 (Xiǎoxuě)

Minor Snow (小雪, Xiǎoxuě) is the 20th of the 24 solar terms, at the Sun's ecliptic longitude of 240°. It is a mid-term (中氣): it falls in the middle of a BaZi month and does not change the month pillar.

Customs

“Minor snow”: the first light snow in the north. Customs: salting vegetables and curing meat “for winter”, cooking sweet rice balls, eating “minor snow fish” in Taiwan.

Dates

The moment the Sun reaches 240°, in UTC; add your own time zone.

In the app the Day calendar shows the current term with these customs and the day's almanac, works offline, and the planner reads the month pillar from the sectional terms. See the features.

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