小寒 (xiǎo hán), or Lesser Cold, is a Chinese solar term.
Astronomical position#
Solar longitude: 285°.
Find the date for your year#
Use the Hong Kong Observatory date-and-time table and select the year. Its times use Hong Kong Time, UTC+8. Check the time-zone label before putting an event in a calendar elsewhere.
Reading this seasonal name#
Treat 小寒 as a calendar term, rather than a weather promise for your destination. For a trip, look up the actual forecast and the current opening arrangements of the places you intend to visit. Do not use the term’s name alone to choose clothing, predict snow or rain, or prescribe a diet.
Reference and lexical-data licence#
Solar-position reference. Lexical naming and reading are adapted from CC-CEDICT contributors, distributed by MDBG, release dated 23 October 2026, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The dictionary’s broad date ranges are not treated as year-specific astronomical times.