Introduction: The 2024 dog days schedule is out: When does the dog days start this year, is it a cool and cold summer?
On May 20th, the Xiaoman solar term will begin, when the weather will become hotter and at the same time, thunderstorms in the southern region will also begin to increase. At this time, the summer harvest crops enter the critical period of final growth, and sufficient light and suitable temperature will help the kernels to be fuller and the yield will be higher.
2024 is a leap year in the Gregorian calendar, with 29 days in February. So, when is the hottest "dog days" coming? In terms of arrangement, this year's dog days start on July 15 and end on August 23, a total of 40 days. It seems that this year will be hotter for a longer time. The specific schedule is as follows:
So, is this year's dog days a cold summer?
We now look at the date of the dog days on the calendar is the marked Gregorian calendar date, in fact, which day has nothing to do with the Gregorian calendar date, but is determined by the date of the solar term and the date of the Ganzhi day.
For example, the almanac says, "The summer solstice is three Geng, the summer solstice is four Geng, and the autumn is the last one." The summer solstice and the beginning of autumn (after autumn) mentioned in it are both solar terms, and "Gengri" is the expression of the Ganzhi day. That is to say, the dog days refer to the beginning of the summer solstice, according to the arrangement of the Ganzhi days, the third Geng day is the first volt (also called "the head volt"), the fourth Geng day is the middle volt (also known as the "second volt"), and the first Geng day after the beginning of autumn is the last volt (also known as "three dogs").
Therefore, the ambush on which day has nothing to do with the Gregorian calendar, and the ancestors did not know what the Gregorian calendar was at that time!
Whether it is hot or not in summer, according to the ancients, you can know by looking at the weather conditions on the day of the beginning of summer. For example, as the old saying goes, "The beginning of summer is hot, and the dog days are hot." This means that if the weather is sunny and it feels hot at the beginning of summer, it means that it will be hotter when the dog days come.
It's still the beginning of summer, is it hot for you? You can record the weather and verify whether this agricultural proverb is accurate.
In addition, the ancients also judged whether the dog days were hot or not according to whether the Futian was a "male volt" or a "female volt" in that year. For example, there are some agricultural proverbs such as "the male is fierce, the female is cool", "the male is hot and the cow is dead, and the female is cold".
The ancients said that "male volt" and "female volt" are mainly based on the odd and even numbers of lunar dates. Specifically, if the date of the ambush is singular on the date of the lunar calendar, it is "gongfu", because the singular number is considered a yang number in the yin-yang doctrine and belongs to "gong"; If the day of the ambush is a double number on the date of the lunar calendar, it is a "mother volt", because the double number is considered a yin number in the yin-yang doctrine and belongs to the "mother".
This year is on July 15, and the corresponding lunar date is the tenth day of the sixth month, which is an even number, which means that this year is the "mother of the sun". If this agricultural proverb is still relatively accurate, then it is a sign that this year's dog days may not be so hot.
In a normal year, dog days should be relatively hot, and if they are not hot, it may have some impact on the growth of crops. For example, as the agricultural proverb "There is no scorching heat in the great heat, there is no grain in abundance" is said to mean this.
If it's not hot during dog days, it means that there may be more rain in the summer. So, what about the drought and floods this summer?
As for the forecast of drought and flood in 2024, the Ministry of Water Resources and relevant agencies have made preliminary predictions. According to the forecast, they generally believe that the climate and annual outlook of the Yangtze River basin during this year's flood season (including the dog days from July to September) will be generally deviated, with waterlogging being heavier than drought, uneven spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation, and drought and flood coexisting.
Among them, the precipitation in the Yangtze River basin is expected to be higher during the main flood season (June to August). Precipitation in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River may be 5% to 10% higher than normal, while precipitation in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River may be more than 10% higher. This means that the main stream of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the northern part of the two lakes system may experience large floods.
At the same time, periodical droughts may occur in the middle and lower reaches of the Jinsha River.
In addition, due to the uneven spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation, local precipitation concentration may lead to severe floods and flash floods.
In short, according to the prediction of the above institutions, this summer the flood will be heavier than the drought, and the rainfall will be more, and the natural summer will feel cooler, which is basically the same as the judgment in the agricultural proverbs left by the ancients.
What do you think about this? Do you think there will be more rain this summer? Or do you think it's going to be very hot this summer? Looking forward to your sharing, thanks for reading!
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