Template:Ctime/doc

	Description	current output
A	am/pm of day	pm
a	a/p of shí	a
B	Bāzì upon solar	YS-YY-YY-KH
b	Bāzì upon lunar	YS-JS-YY-KH
C	Stem-branch of year	Yǐsìnián
c	Stem-branch of year	41
D	Weekday, 0=Sunday	6
d	Day of month	22
E	Year upon an epoch	4723AH
e	Year upon an 114BC	2139
F	Month name	Qīyuè
FdY	Date in common format	Qīyuè 22, 2025
f	Full month number	07
G	Gēng	Post
g	Gēng number	9
go	Gēngdiǎn	9:29
H	Hour in 24h format	15
Hms	Time in 24h format	15:34:35
h	Hour in 12h format	03
I	Intercalary flag	0
i	Mils pass shí	144
J	Mils past diǎn	44
j	Mils past kè	54
K	Kè	64
k	Kè in shí	2
kS	Shíkè	preshen 2 ke54 fen
L	Intercalary month.	4
l	Lunar information	4442
M	Month number	7
m	Minute	34
N	Month index	8
n	Month offset	206
O	Diǎn	38
o	Diǎn in gēng	2
oG	Gēngdiǎn	post 2 point 94 fen
P	Phase and zodiac	Year of wooden Snake
p	Phase and zodiac	Mùshénián
Q	Festival
q	Solar term name	32, Autumnal Equinox
R	Solar term number	17
r	Day before solar term	10
S	Shí	Shēn
Sk	Shíkè	66:54
s	Second	35
T	Year length	384
t	Month length	30
U	Timestamp(hjjs)	0712/10120722R7254
u	Timestamp	20250722T153435
V	Solar term of year	15
v	Solar term of month	2
W	Week of year	33
w	Week of month	3
Y	Year number	2025
Yfd	Date in regular format	2025-07-22
y	Year offset	28
Z	Stem-branches of day	21
z	Day of year	228

The templates convert the date and time in the Gregorian calendar to the Chinese calendar. The range of date is within the nearest 11 Metonic cycles, from the year 1905 to 2113.

Usage

Date related

ctime is the format in the Gregorian calendar, today is default and gives 2025-09-13

ctime:FdY is the common format. Today is default and gives Qīyuè 22, 2025
Note: Yīyuè is the intercalary month after Zhēngyuè; Shíèryuè is the common month of intercalary Làyuè.

ctime:Yfd is the regular format. Today is default and gives 2025-07-22
Notes: 00:Zhēngyuè;01:Zhēngyuè/Yīyuè;02~11:Èryuè~Shíyīyuè;12:Shíèryuè/Làyuè;13:Làyuè;R2~R9:Rùnèryuè~Rùnjǐuyuè;R0:Rùnshíyuè;R1:Rùnshíyiyuè

ctime:B is the date and shí in Bāzì format upon solar term. Now is default and gives YS-YY-YY-KH
Notes: Using the initial of pinyin except Z for ji, and K for gui.The range of the year is from the day of the winter solstice to the day before the next winter solstice.

ctime:b is the date and shí in Bāzì format upon lunar month. Now is default and gives YS-JS-YY-KH
Notes: Using the initial of pinyin except Z for jǐ, and K for guì. The years are beginning on Zhēngyuè 1_st. The stem-branches of the intercalary month is the same as the corresponding common month. The days are beginning at dawn.

Day related

ctime:Z is the number of the date in stem-branches format. Today is default and gives 21
Notes: from 0 to 59, and 0 is Jiǎzǐ

Year related

ctime:c is the number of the year in stem-branches format. This year is default and gives 41
Notes: from 0 to 59, and 0 is Jiǎzǐ. The year means the calendric year beginning at Zhēngyuè 1_st

ctime:C is the name of the year in stem-branches format. This year is default and gives Yǐsìnián

ctime:P is the name of the year in phase-zodiac format. This year is default and gives Year of wooden Snake

ctime:E|epoch|symbol is the number of the year upon the given epoch. This year is default and gives 4723AH
Notes: if the epoch is BC, add -, and the default is 2698_BC

Time related

ctime:Hms is the iso format, now is default and gives 15:34:35

ctime:go is the regular format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives 9:29

ctime:Sk is the regular format for Shíkè, now is default and gives 66:54

ctime:oG is the common format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives post 2 point 94 fen

ctime:kS is the common format for Shíkè, now is default and gives preshen 2 ke54 fen