When is the Frost Descent in 2020? Which solar term is the Frost Descent?

After the start of the Frost Descent solar term, frost will begin to fall across the country, which is a thin layer of ice crystals on the leaves of plants in the early morning. Frost Descent is the last solar term in autumn, so when will Frost Descent occur in 2020?

When is Frost Descent in 2020?

Frost Descent ranks 18th among the 24 solar terms and is the last solar term in autumn. The next solar term is Beginning of Winter.

The Frost Descent solar term usually falls on October 23-24 of the Gregorian calendar every year. The date for Frost Descent in 2020 is Friday, October 23, 2020 in the Gregorian calendar, the seventh day of the ninth month in the lunar calendar, the Bingxu month, and the Jihai day in the Gengzi year [Year of the Rat].

According to the old almanac, the specific time for the beginning of Frost Descent in 2020 is 06:58:28 on Friday, October 23, 2020.

There are 329 days left until the 2020 Frost Descent solar term.

Which solar term is Frost Descent?

The solar term after Frost Descent is Beginning of Winter, the 19th solar term in the traditional 24 solar terms and the first solar term in winter. During Beginning of Winter, the temperature in various parts of the country is still generally high, and it does not feel like winter yet.

There is a custom of eating dumplings, mutton soup and ginger duck during the Beginning of Winter.

The date of the Lidong solar term in 2020 is Saturday, November 7, 2020, the 22nd day of the ninth month in the lunar calendar, the Dinghai month and the Jiayin day of the Gengzi year [Year of the Rat].

The date of the Beginning of Winter in 2021 is Sunday, November 7, 2021, the third day of the tenth month in the lunar calendar, the year of Xin Chou [Year of the Ox], the day of Ji Hai in the month of Ji Wei.

Agricultural proverbs related to Frost Descent

Thousands of trees are swept away and become yellow, only the hibiscus is fragrant

If the summer rain is less, the autumn frost will come earlier. If the summer rain is thorough, the frost period will be delayed.

The autumn rain soaks the ground, and frost comes late.

The autumn geese come early, and the frost also comes early.

There is no dew on windy nights and no frost on cloudy nights.

There is heavy frost and dew tonight, and the sun will be red tomorrow morning.

After heavy frost, sunny days will appear.

Severe frost means poisonous days, fog and dew mean good days.

Thick frost and scorching sun.

It's warm after frost and cold after snow.

If there is one night of frost, there will be a famine in the next year; if there are many nights of frost, there will be a good harvest in the next year.

Frosts begin to fall during the Frost Descent (early frost) and end during the Grain Rain of the next year (late frost).

When the autumn geese cry overhead, there will be a strong wind.

Late rice is afraid of early frost.

If frost falls before the Frost Descent, picking rice is like picking chaff; if frost falls after the Frost Descent, the granary will be full of rice.

Before the Frost Descent, the potatoes are harvested.

Cold Dew comes early and Beginning of Winter comes late, so it is the right time to harvest potatoes during Frost Descent.

Sweet potatoes are a half-year food, so store them well.

Sweet potatoes are a treasure of crops, it all depends on how well they are harvested and stored.

When the ground is dry, dig holes; when the ground is wet, build sheds.

Cold Dew is not that cold, but Frost Descent changes the weather.

Don't pick cotton during the Cold Dew, and don't blame the weather when you get frost.

During the Cold Dew and Frost Festival, strong wind means snow.

There is no green rice in Cold Dew, and all the rice falls in Frost.

Light frost is fine, but heavy frost will make the cotton plants stiff.

There is no dew on windy nights and no frost on cloudy nights.