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Relationship between the current Sexagenary cycle and Gregorian calendar. This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western calendar, and other related information for the current, 79th sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar based on the 2697 BC epoch or the 78th cycle if using the 2637 BC epoch.
The traditional Chinese calendar, dating back to the Han dynasty, is a lunisolar calendar that blends solar, lunar, and other cycles for social and agricultural purposes. . While modern China primarily uses the Gregorian calendar for official purposes, the traditional calendar remains culturally significa
Chinese lunar date Example Gregorian date (2020–2021) English name Chinese name Remarks Month Day 1 (正月) 1st January 25, 2020 Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) • 農曆新年 / 农历新年 • 春節 / 春节 • 大年初一 Set off fireworks after midnight; visit family members 1 (正月) 7th January 31, 2020 Renri • 人日
Typically, it is celebrated between January 20 and February 21 of the Gregorian calendar. Last year, Lunar New Year was in February. This year, Lunar New Year starts on January 29, 2025, and ends ...
The lunar calendar, unlike the Gregorian calendar, uses the phases of the moon to delineate days, weeks and months of the year. ... Chinese communities have since celebrated both the start of the ...
Record of the Chinese lunisolar calendar for 1834, 1835, and 1836 during the Qing dynasty under the Daoguang Emperor's Reign (道光十四年,道光十五年,道光十六年) A lunisolar calendar is a calendar in many cultures, that combines monthly lunar cycles with the solar year. As with all calendars which divide the year into months ...
Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans approximately 29 days with ...
In China, the cyclic year normally changes on the Chinese Lunar New Year. In Japan until recently it was the Japanese lunar new year, which was sometimes different from the Chinese; now it is January 1. So when calculating the cyclic year of a date in the Gregorian year, one has to consider what their "new year" is.