Chinese Calendar & Lunar Date Tools

★ Everyday Calendar & Almanac. Chinese Calendar Online combines a traditional Chinese calendar with useful date-conversion and almanac tools. View Gregorian dates alongside their corresponding Chinese lunar dates, check Chinese festivals and the 24 solar terms, and convert dates between the Gregorian and lunar calendars. Individual dates also include information such as the zodiac year, Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and traditional auspicious and inauspicious activities. It’s a useful resource for learners who want to understand how Chinese dates, festivals, and traditional calendar concepts relate to the calendar they use every day.

★ Beginner-Friendly Calendar. Chinese Gratis Calendar offers a straightforward way to view and compare Chinese and Gregorian calendar dates while learning how the traditional Chinese calendar works. Select a year to see important Chinese festivals and their Western-calendar dates, including Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and more. The site also explains the lunisolar calendar system, including why lunar dates shift from year to year and how leap months keep the calendar aligned with the seasons. Its converter can match Western and Chinese dates and provides additional information such as the zodiac animal, the sexagenary cycle of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and the solar terms. It’s a useful choice for learners who want an accessible calendar reference along with enough background information to understand what they’re seeing.

★ Historical Chinese Calendar & Date Conversion. Yuk Tung Liu’s Chinese Calendar is a detailed calendar and historical reference tool that lets you compare Chinese calendar dates with Western dates from 722 BCE through 2200 CE. Enter a year to view Chinese lunar dates alongside Gregorian or Julian dates, as well as moon phases, the 24 solar terms, and sexagenary cycle information. The site is especially useful for researching historical dates because it accounts for different calendar systems used during various periods and dynasties in Chinese history. Explanations throughout the site also help users understand leap months, solar terms, traditional calendar cycles, and how the Chinese calendar is calculated.

★ Official Gregorian-Lunar Date Reference. Hong Kong Observatory Gregorian-Lunar Calendar is an authoritative resource for comparing Gregorian dates with traditional Chinese lunar calendar dates. Choose any year from 1901 through 2100 to view a detailed conversion table showing the corresponding lunar date for each day of the year, along with the dates of the 24 solar terms. Beyond the conversion tables, the Observatory provides clear educational guides explaining how the Chinese Agricultural Calendar works, why leap months occur, the meaning and calculation of the 24 solar terms, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle. Because the information comes from the Hong Kong Observatory, this is an especially valuable reference for learners who want reliable calendar data while also gaining a deeper understanding of the astronomical principles and traditional systems behind the Chinese calendar.