Chinese Calendrics

Eastern calendars are often confusing for people from other areas around the world, and there is less incentive to study them since they have mostly been replaced with calendar systems of European origin.

However, they still see quite a bit of use in certain regions, and a specialized program like Chinese Calendrics can both help you understand them and perform conversions.

Despite what its name might suggest, the application also allows you to work with the Japanese and Vietnamese calendars. These are fairly similar, except that a different reference longitude is used and the sets of twelve animals are not quite identical.

The background color changes when selecting a different calendar and the names of certain months are also altered. You can switch between them at any time, making this a straightforward and versatile utility.

Chinese Calendrics can be used to learn the current date in any of the supported calendar systems, as well as convert dates to the Gregorian, Julian and Archetypes calendars. The date is displayed in multiple formats in the main window, and you can obtain useful info by placing the mouse cursor over a certain entry.

Moreover, the program enables you to find European calendar dates that correspond to various anniversaries, calculate the phase of the Moon, find leap months, search for a solstice or equinox in combination with a dark or full moon, study the effects of various reference longitude values, and much more.

Naturally, those who are not familiar with Eastern calendars may find it difficult to grasp various concepts, but the extensive online documentation that is available should help first-time users.

Chinese Calendrics is a feature-packed application for users who wish to study the Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese calendars, as well as perform date conversions. However, its colorful and somewhat outdated UI may not be to everyone’s tastes.