The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (??). Q?ngmíng (p?ny?n) or Seimei (r?maji) () is the 5^th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 15° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 30°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 15°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around April 4 (April 5 East Asia time) and ends around April 20.

Pentads

Each solar term can be divided into 3 pentads (?). They are: first pentad (??), second pentad (??) and last pentad (??). Pentads in Qingming include:

China

• First pentad: ???
• Second pentad: ?????
• Last pentad: ???

Japan

• First pentad: ???
• Second pentad: ???
• Last pentad: ???

See also

• Qingming Festival (???), festival celebrated on the day of Qingming
• Cold Food Festival (???), three-day festival starting one day before and ending one day after Qingming
• Zhang Zeduan's Qingming Scroll

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