The Chinese Calendar

	The Chinese Calendar: Dates of New Years, Dark Moons and Solar Terms
Windows Software for Chinese Calendar date conversion and for the scholarly study of the Chinese Lunisolar Calendar

This software is fully-functional and not time-limited. It runs on any version of Windows.

Click here for how to get this software by donation.

The Chinese Calendar tells you about upcoming Chinese new years and converts Chinese and European calendar dates (and also dates in the Archetypes Calendar). It provides exact times of dark moons and solar terms and is thus an indispensible tool for any serious study of the Chinese Calendar.

Here is a typical screenshot (with longitude 120°E for the Chinese Calendar selected):

The Chinese Calendar screenshot

When the cursor is over a date a small box appears with a verbose expression of that date, as shown below.

Tooltip text

The Chinese Calendar software can be used:

To get the current date in the Chinese Calendar.
To convert between dates in the Chinese solar and lunar calendar and dates in the Common Era (Gregorian), Julian and Archetypes calendars.
To calculate the date of New Year's Day in the Chinese lunar calendar.
To ascertain the Western dates of the starts of all lunar months in a Chinese year.
To find leap months in the lunar calendar.
To find the Western dates corresponding to Chinese anniversaries (e.g., birthdays).
To move forward or backward from a given date (and time) either by a period such as a month (Western or Chinese) or by any number of days.
To calculate the phase of the Moon for any time within a 6000-year period.
To search for the next or previous full moon, dark moon, lunar quarter, solar term or solstice or equinox of a certain type.
To search for a solstice or an equinox in combination with a dark moon or a full moon.
To search for the next or previous (relative to any given date) day , month or year with a certain element-animal correspondence (e.g., the next water-ox year or the next fire-dragon day).
To search for the next or previous day with the same element-animal for the day and the month.
To search for the next or previous day with a certain element-animal for the day, month and year (e.g., the next fire-dog day in a wood-rat month in a metal-ox year).
To find days for which the element-animal is the same for day, month and year.

Click on this link for
The User Manual

"The Best Chinese Calendar Software"

Many people try to write a program for the Chinese calendar without first really understanding the astronomical rules. The author of this program has done his homework, and the result is impressive.

Since the Chinese calendar is very complex, and this program does not shy away from the details, it may seem overwhelming to a casual user. But if power, accuracy and reliability are important, this is the program for you.

If you are interested in doing careful analysis of the Chinese calendar, for historical, astronomical or astrological purposes, there is no other alternative.

— Helmer Aslaksen, Professor of Mathematics, Singapore National University

The Chinese Calendar:Dates of New Years, Dark Moonsand Solar Terms

Windows Software for Chinese Calendar date conversionand for the scholarly study of the Chinese Lunisolar Calendar

The Chinese Calendar:
Dates of New Years, Dark Moons
and Solar Terms

Windows Software for Chinese Calendar date conversion
and for the scholarly study of the Chinese Lunisolar Calendar