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Calculates and displays the exact time remaining until the next Rain Water (Yushui) solar term in real time, helping you track agricultural seasons.
Overview
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Yushui (雨水), often translated as “Rain Water,” is the second of the traditional Chinese 24 solar terms. It marks a point in the Sun’s apparent annual path, rather than a local weather event. The name describes a seasonal marker; it does not predict that rain will fall where you are. The National Agricultural Exhibition Center’s overview identifies the term with the Sun reaching 330° celestial longitude and explains the seasonal context. Read the solar-term reference.
Because the marker is tied to the Sun’s position, its Gregorian date and time can shift from year to year. A lunar-calendar date is another way to label the same selected event, not a fixed Gregorian date.
The page displays the selected year’s Rain Water date, a lunar date, and a live days-hours-minutes-seconds countdown. On first load it selects the current year; if that year’s marker has already passed, it moves to the following year. The countdown is for the calendar event itself, not for a rainfall window or a change in local conditions.
The displayed date and time come from the solar-term calculation used by the page. If you need to coordinate across time zones, check the event time against a calendar source that explicitly states the time zone you need.
Guide
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Open the page and confirm the selected term is Rain Water.
Use the year controls to move to the year you want. Review the displayed Gregorian and lunar dates before relying on the countdown.
Use the calendar option if you want to add the event to a calendar, or download the calendar file. Review the time zone and notification settings in your calendar app after adding it.
For example, someone preparing a classroom calendar can choose a future year, note the displayed event date, and add it to a personal calendar. The tool does not send a separate reminder.
Use cases
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Compare the selected year’s Gregorian date with the lunar label while explaining that the term follows a solar position.
Add the date as a cultural or personal calendar marker, then set any reminder in the calendar service you use.
Use a selected year’s event date as a planning reference and recheck the year before publishing a date-led schedule.
Q&A
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No. It is the name of a Chinese solar term, not a local forecast. Check a weather service for conditions at a particular place.
No. It is based on the Sun’s position, so the date and time vary by year. The official reference linked above describes its solar-longitude basis.
The page offers a calendar-add option; it does not send its own push notification. Any alerts depend on the calendar app and settings you choose.
They are two calendar labels for the selected event. The lunar label changes with the year and should not be treated as a permanent Gregorian date.
Notes
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A solar-term date is not a weather report, crop schedule, or location-specific agricultural recommendation. Local climate and growing conditions vary. For time-sensitive scheduling across regions, confirm the time zone and event time in a calendar reference intended for your location. The countdown also depends on the device clock; an incorrectly set clock can make the remaining time appear wrong.
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