Template:Ctime/doc

	Description	current output
A	am/pm of day	am
a	a/p of shí	p
B	Bāzì upon solar	YS-ZM-XC-KH
b	Bāzì upon lunar	YS-GC-GZ-KH
C	Stem-branch of year	Yǐsìnián
c	Stem-branch of year	41
D	Weekday, 0=Sunday	3
d	Day of month	5
E	Year upon an epoch	4723AH
e	Year upon an 114BC	2139
F	Month name	Sānyuè
FdY	Date in common format	Sānyuè 5, 2025
f	Full month number	03
G	Gēng	Sìgēng
g	Gēng number	4
go	Gēngdiǎn	4:05
H	Hour in 24h format	02
Hms	Time in 24h format	02:36:07
h	Hour in 12h format	02
I	Intercalary flag	0
i	Mils pass shí	150
J	Mils past diǎn	0
j	Mils past kè	50
K	Kè	10
k	Kè in shí	2
kS	Shíkè	chosh 2 ke50 fen
L	Intercalary month.	4
l	Lunar information	4442
M	Month number	3
m	Minute	36
N	Month index	3
n	Month offset	59
O	Diǎn	6
o	Diǎn in gēng	0
oG	Gēngdiǎn	sig 50 fen
P	Phase and zodiac	Year of wooden Snake
p	Phase and zodiac	Mùshénián
Q	Festival
q	Solar term name	7, Bright and Clear
R	Solar term number	6
r	Day before solar term	2
S	Shí	Chǒu
Sk	Shíkè	02:50
s	Second	07
T	Year length	384
t	Month length	30
U	Timestamp(hjjs)	0712/10120305Y4051
u	Timestamp	20250305T023607
V	Solar term of year	4
v	Solar term of month	0
W	Week of year	10
w	Week of month	1
Y	Year number	2025
Yfd	Date in regular format	2025-03-05
y	Year offset	28
Z	Stem-branches of day	37
z	Day of year	64

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 2025-04-02

ctime:FdY is the common format. Today is default and gives Sānyuè 5, 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 2025-03-5
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-ZM-XC-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-GC-GZ-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 37
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 02:36:07

ctime:go is the regular format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives 4:05

ctime:Sk is the regular format for Shíkè, now is default and gives 02:50

ctime:oG is the common format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives sig 50 fen

ctime:kS is the common format for Shíkè, now is default and gives chosh 2 ke50 fen