the Limit of Heat

CHUSHU, that is, "exiting the summer heat", means leaving from the heat. The "dog days" involve the four solar terms of minor heat, great heat, beginning of autumn, and end of summer heat. At this time, the dog days have passed or are coming to an end, and the heat of early autumn will end. The arrival of the summer heat also means entering the second half of the Shen month of the Ganzhi calendar. The end of summer heat is one of the twenty-four solar terms that reflects climate change. After the end of the summer solar term, the trend of temperature gradually decreasing is further obvious.