Description: The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a solilunar calendar, consisting of months corresponding exactly to lunar cycles and years which stay more-or-less in sync with seasonal years. The structure of the calendar depends on the exact times of certain astronomical events, principally dark moons and winter solstices. <br />
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The solar calendar consists of a series of seasonal years which are divided into 24 "solar terms". The lunar calendar consists of a series of years which are divided into 12 or 13 lunar months. A solar year always begins at the (northern) winter solstice. A lunar month always begins on the day of a dark moon. <br />
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Chinese Calendrics is used to do the following:<br />
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To convert between dates in the Chinese solar and lunar calendars and dates in the Common Era and Julian calendars. <br />
To calculate the date of New Year's Day in the Chinese lunar calendar. <br />
To ascertain the Western dates of the starts of all lunar months in a year in the lunar calendar. <br />
To find leap months in the lunar calendar. <br />
To find the Western dates corresponding to Chinese anniversaries (e.g., birthdays). <br />
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. <br />
To calculate the phase of the Moon for any time within a 6000-year period. <br />
To search for the next or previous full moon, dark moon, lunar quarter, solar term or solstice or equinox of a certain type. <br />
To search for a solstice or an equinox in combination with a dark moon or a full moon. <br />
To search for the next or previous day, month or year with a certain element-animal correspondence (e.g., the next water-rabbit year or the next fire-chicken day). <br />
To find days for which the element-animal is the same for day, month and year.  Free demo download 1,797 K
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