Bailu (solar term)

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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; lit. '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.

• 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.