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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.
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The official term used for "year" was "zǎi" (載). Also used by Silla. Qianyuan 乾元: 758–760 CE 3 years In the 2nd lunar month of the 1st year of Qianyuan, the official term for "year" was switched from "zǎi" (載) back to "nián" (年). [2] Also used by Silla. Shangyuan 上元: 760–761 CE 2 years Also used by Silla. Baoying 寶應 ...
Why does Chinese New Year fall on different dates? 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.
The date of the Chinese New Year accords with the patterns of the lunisolar calendar and hence is variable from year to year. The invariant between years is that the winter solstice, Dongzhi is required to be in the eleventh month of the year [ 43 ] This means that Chinese New Year will be on the second new moon after the previous winter ...
The date of Chinese New Year varies from year to year. This year, the Chinese New Year begins on Saturday, February 10, 2024, whereas in 2023, the Chinese New Year began on January 22.
Instituting a new era name would reset the numbering of the year back to year one, known as yuán nián (元年; lit. "year of origin"). On the first day of the Chinese calendar, the numbering of the year would increase by one. To name a year using an era name only requires counting years from the first year of the era.
The Lunar New Year is almost here! Say farewell to the Year of the Wood Dragon because the Year of the Wood Snake is upon us, officially beginning when the new moon enters Aquarius at 4:36 a.m. PT ...