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Description current output
A am/pm of day pm
a a/p of shí p
B Bāzì upon solar JC-DM-KS-KH
b Bāzì upon lunar JC-DM-KS-KH
C Stem-branch of year Jiǎchénnián
c Stem-branch of year 40
D Weekday, 0=Sunday 5
d Day of month 20
E Year upon an epoch 4722AH
e Year upon an 114BC 2138
F Month name Èryuè
FdY Date in common format Èryuè 20, 2024
f Full month number 02
G Gēng Èrgēng
g Gēng number 2
go Gēngdiǎn 2:19
H Hour in 24h format 22
Hms Time in 24h format 22:23:26
h Hour in 12h format 10
I Intercalary flag 0
i Mils pass shí 97
J Mils past diǎn 47
j Mils past 17
K 93
k in shí 2
kS Shíkè hash

2 ke17 fen

L Intercalary month. 0
l Lunar information 2349
M Month number 2
m Minute 23
N Month index 2
n Month offset 29
O Diǎn 55
o Diǎn in gēng 1
oG Gēngdiǎn erg 1 point 97 fen
P Phase and zodiac Year of wooden Dragon
p Phase and zodiac Mùlóngnián
Q Festival
q Solar term name 26, Bright and Clear
R Solar term number 6
r Day before solar term 6
S Shí Hài
Sk Shíkè 102:17
s Second 26
T Year length 354
t Month length 30
U Timestamp(hjjs) 0712/10110220Y2199
u Timestamp 20240220T222326
V Solar term of year 3
v Solar term of month 1
W Week of year 7
w Week of month 3
Y Year number 2024
Yfd Date in regular format 2024-02-20
y Year offset 40
Z Stem-branches of day 29
z Day of year 49

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 2024-03-29

ctime:FdY is the common format. Today is default and gives Èryuè 20, 2024
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 2024-02-20
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 JC-DM-KS-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 JC-DM-KS-KH
Notes: Using the initial of pinyin except Z for jǐ, and K for guì. The years are beginning on Zhēngyuè 1st. 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 29
Notes: from 0 to 59, and 0 is Jiǎzǐ

Month related

Solar term related

Year related

ctime:c is the number of the year in stem-branches format. This year is default and gives 40
Notes: from 0 to 59, and 0 is Jiǎzǐ. The year means the calendric year beginning at Zhēngyuè 1st

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

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

ctime:E|epoch|symbol is the number of the year upon the given epoch. This year is default and gives 4722AH
Notes: if the epoch is BC, add -, and the default is 2698BC

Time related

ctime:Hms is the iso format, now is default and gives 22:23:26

ctime:go is the regular format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives 2:19

ctime:Sk is the regular format for Shíkè, now is default and gives 102:17

ctime:oG is the common format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives erg 1 point 97 fen

ctime:kS is the common format for Shíkè, now is default and gives hash 2 ke17 fen