Perpetual Chinese Calendar

LunarCal  User's Guide

Summary Screen

This screen displays a quick summary of the calendar for the selected city at the instant in time.

The local time is your PC's date / time. The UTC time is calculated from the local time.

The Chinese Lunar date is the date in the Chinese Lunar calendar that corresponds to the local date / time. In the above, February 24, 2001 is the 2^nd day of the 2^nd lunar month in the Chinese Lunar calendar for the year 2001.

Sexagenary cycle is a cycle of 60 years and is arrived at by combining the 10 Celestial Stems and 12 Earthly Branches. The year 2001 is Sexagenary cycle #78[18] meaning the year 2001 falls on the 78^th 60-year cycle and it is the 18^th year within the 78^th cycle. The corresponding Celestial Stem & Earthly Branch is Xin-Si or the metal[-]snake. The [-] denotes a negative stem. The positive and negative stems should be interpreted in terms of Yin and Yang rather than good and bad.

Every new moon is given a number called the Lunation number. The new moon of Friday February 23 is Lunation number 967.

The intercalary month (ICM) for the year is also indicated if applicable. Year 2001 is intercalary in lunar month 4 - denoted as ICM[4].

Finally, the major Chinese festivals are displayed for the lunar year 2001.