Herong's Notes on Chinese Calendar
Dr. Herong Yang, Version 3.04

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Calendar Format

The formatted calendars are presented with:

  • The Chinese calendar date is presented next to the Gregorian calendar date as ##/## (Gregorian date/Chinese date).
  • Solar terms are marked as PT## (Principle Term) or ST## (Sectional Term).
  • Chinese new moon days are marked as CM## (Chinese Month), or *CM## if it is Chinese leap month.

For example, the January of year 2000 is presented as:

                    Jan                  
  Sun   Mon   Tue   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat
                                     1/25
 2/26  3/27  4/28  5/29  ST 1  CM12  8/ 2
 9/ 3 10/ 4 11/ 5 12/ 6 13/ 7 14/ 8 15/ 9
16/10 17/11 18/12 19/13 20/14  PT 1 22/16
23/17 24/18 25/19 26/20 27/21 28/22 29/23
30/24 31/25                              

where:

  • "1/25" - Indicates Gregorian calendar date 1 and Chinese calendar date 25.
  • "ST 1" - Indicates Sectional Term 1.
  • "CM12" - Indicates the first day of Chinese Month 12.
  • "PT 1" - Indicates Principle Term 1.

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Dr. Herong Yang, updated in 2002
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