> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.bean.money/almanac/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.bean.money/almanac/guides/sun/understand-sun.md).

# Understand the Sun

The Sun keeps time on the Farm in [Seasons](/almanac/protocol/glossary.md#season) and incentivizes cost-efficient and timely calling of the [gm](/almanac/protocol/glossary.md#gm) function.

You can view [the Sun](/almanac/farm/sun.md) at the upper left corner of [app.bean.money](https://app.bean.money/).

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The Sun displays the current Season, which is the number of Seasons completed since `gm` was called for the first time. If [Beans were minted](/almanac/peg-maintenance/overview.md#bean-supply) during the current Season based on the [peg maintenance mechanism](/almanac/peg-maintenance/overview.md), the Sun will appear as a rain cloud icon.

Selecting the Sun displays more detail on historical Seasons and a forecast for the next Season. The following information is shown for each Season:

* Number of new Beans minted,
* [Soil](/almanac/farm/field.md#soil) made available in the [Field](/almanac/farm/field.md),
* [Temperature](/almanac/farm/field.md#temperature) for [Sowing Beans](/almanac/protocol/glossary.md#sow),
* [Pod Rate](/almanac/protocol/glossary.md#pod-rate), and
* [Delta Demand](/almanac/protocol/glossary.md#delta-demand), if it was used to measure Demand for Soil. If there is between 0 and 1 Soil remaining at the end of any Season, [Delta Demand is not used](/almanac/peg-maintenance/temperature.md#demand-for-soil).