When is the Great Heat in 2020? How many days are there in the Great Heat in 2020?

The Great Heat is the 12th solar term of the 24 solar terms and the hottest one. Ancient books say that the Great Heat "is still hot today." So when will the Great Heat come in 2020? Which of the three "fu" days does the Great Heat of 2020 fall in?

When is the Great Heat in 2020?

The Great Heat solar term usually falls between July 22nd and 24th of the Gregorian calendar. The Great Heat solar term in 2020 falls on the second day of the sixth lunar month of the year 2020, which is Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020, and officially begins at 16:35:53.

There are 250 days left until the Great Heat solar term of 2020.

How many days are there in the Great Heat of 2020?

The "dog days" usually occur between mid-July and mid-August each year and are divided into the first, middle and last dog days.

The specific time range of the dog days in 2020 is as follows:

First day of the dog days: July 16, 2020 (the 26th day of the fifth lunar month) - July 25, 2020 (the 5th day of the sixth lunar month)

Mid-fu: July 26, 2020 (the sixth day of the sixth lunar month) - August 14, 2020 (the twenty-fifth day of the sixth lunar month)

Last dog days: August 15, 2020 (the 26th day of the sixth lunar month) - August 24, 2020 (the 6th day of the seventh lunar month)

The Great Heat solar term usually occurs around the middle of the three hottest days of summer. The Great Heat of 2020 falls on July 22 of the Gregorian calendar, so it is at the beginning of the hottest days of summer.

Proverbs related to the Great Heat

1. During the Lesser Heat and Greater Heat, I have rice but don’t want to go home to cook it.

2. If there is no extreme heat during the Great Heat, most crops will not grow.

3. The heat of the Great Heat is not thorough, the great heat comes after autumn.

4. There is no drought in the summer, and one acre of land will produce one load of rice.

5. When dragonflies fly in swarms in the sky, it will rain in three days.

6. People are getting hot in the house, while rice is laughing in the field.

7. Salt comes out of water, iron sweats, and rain is not uncommon.

8. During the Great Heat, the sky is cloudy for a long time, and the ground is covered with gold.

9. Summer droughts are not uncommon.

10. Lesser Heat and Greater Heat are not hot, and Lesser Cold and Greater Cold are not cold.

11. If a dragonfly flies high, it will get scorched in the sun; if a dragonfly flies low, the ground will be covered with mud.

12. Today the bees are busy, tomorrow the raincoats are busy.

13. If it rains too heavily during the dog days of summer, the autumn crop yield will be reduced.

14. If the Great Heat is not hot, the crops will not grow.

15. If there is no smoke coming out of the chimney, it will either rain or be cloudy.

16. When you encounter a summer drought, irrigate the crops immediately. If you rely solely on nature, your yield will be reduced.

17. Snow in Jiuli, rain in Fuli, eat wheat and store rice.

18. If there is no smoke in the house, it will definitely rain continuously.

19. Heavy rain during the Great Heat, and frost for a hundred days.

20. Around the time of the Great Heat, clothes become soaked through.

21. Eat millet during the Lesser Heat and eat grain during the Greater Heat.

22. The rain clams keep chirping, and the wind and rain are merciless.

23. The light is strong during the day and the dew is heavy at night, so there is hope for a good harvest.

24. It is possible to harvest cotton even though it is not a real drought.

25. When earthworms pile up manure, the ground becomes wet when it rains.

26. Don’t plant mustard after the Great Heat, and don’t plant beans after the Lesser Heat.

27. When frogs croak, heavy rain is coming.