The Chinese Calendar - timeanddate.com
WEBThe Chinese calendar is lunisolar. It is based on exact astronomical observations of the Sun's longitude and the Moon's phases. It attempts to have its years coincide with the tropical year and shares some similarities with the Jewish calendar.
Chinese calendar - Wikipedia
WEBThe traditional Chinese calendar (traditional Chinese: 農曆; simplified Chinese: 农历; lit. 'agricultural calendar'; informally traditional Chinese: 陰曆; simplified Chinese: 阴历; lit. 'lunar calendar') is a lunisolar calendar, combining the solar, lunar, and other cycles for various social and agricultural purposes. More recently, in ...
Chinese Calendar 2024&2025: Gregorian to Lunar Days
WEBSep 19, 2024 — Chinese calendar, a lunisolar calendar, is formed on the movement of the moon and the sun. It is also called the Lunar calendar, Yin calendar, Xia calendar or the old Chinese calendar. Each Chinese calendar year has a zodiac sign, 12 or 13 months and each month has 29 or 30 days.
Chinese Calendar Online - Lunar Calendar with Auspicious Dates, …
WEBChinese Calendar Online developed from Chinese Lunar calendar, is a perpetual calendar with daily auspicious and inauspicious events.
Chinese Zodiac: 2024 Year of Dragon, 12 Animal Signs, Calculator
WEBThe Chinese zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao or Shu Xiang, features 12 animal signs in this order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. 2024 is the Year of the Dragon (Loong) according to Chinese zodiac, starting from the 2024 Chinese New Year on Feb. 10 and lasting to 2025 Lunar New Year's Eve on Jan ...
Lunar New Year Calendar: Dates, Festivities and Traditions
WEBSep 27, 2024 — Chinese New Year is the longest holiday in China, spanning 16 days (and then some). Learn about the activities, traditions, food and superstitions for each day.
Chinese calendar - New World Encyclopedia
WEBThe Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. It has been in continual use in China for almost 4000 years. The calendar was important in ancient China both as a guide for agricultural activities and because regularity in the yearly cycle was a sign of a well-governed empire whose ...
Chinese Calendar 2025: Convert Gregorian Date to Lunar Date
WEBChinese Calendar 2025: Transfer Gregorian Calendar to Chinese Lunar Calendar, how Chinese use lunar calendar for a wedding date, gender prediction, festivals, and more.
Chinese calendar | Structure, History, & Zodiac | Britannica
WEBAug 28, 2024 — The Chinese calendar is a lunar-solar dating system used in China and neighboring countries. It consists of 12 months of alternately 29 and 30 days, equal to 354 days. In popular practice, each year in a 12-year cycle corresponds to an animal in the Chinese zodiac.
What is the Chinese Calendar? | The Chinese Language Institute
WEBSep 24, 2024 — Each month is split into 上旬 (shàng xún), 中旬 (zhōng xún) and 下旬 (xià xún), marking the first, second and third week, respectively. The Chinese lunisolar calendar operates on a sexagenary cycle (a 60-year cycle) which consists of 10 stems (干 gàn) and 12 branches (支 zhī).