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Chinese Calendar

Calendars Months & Weekdays

The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar which reckons years, months and days according to astronomical phenomena and official Chinese name is Rural Calendar and alternately Former Calendar.

It was first developed during the Qin Dynasty and is currently defined by GB/T 33661-2017. Calculation and promulgation of the Chinese calendar, which the Standardization Administration of China issued on May 12, 2017. China now officially uses the Gregorian calendar, but the Chinese calendar still uses traditional activities in China.



Months Name

The names of the 12 months that comprise the Islamic year are:
No. Name Gregorian Name
1YīyuèJany
2EryuèFeb
3SānyuèMar
4SìyuèApr
5WǔyuèMay
6liùyuèJun
7QīyuèJul
8BāyuèAug
9JiǔyuèSet
10ShíyuèOct
11ShíyīyuèNov
12ShíèryuèDec

Weekdays Name

The names of the 7 days that comprise the Chinese Solar year are:
No. Name Native Name Gregorian Name
1Xing Qi Tian星期天Sunday
2Xing Qi Yi 星期一Monday
3Xing Qi Er星期二Tuesday
4Xing Qi San星期三Wednesday
5Xing Qi SI星期四Thursday
6Xing Qi Wu星期五Friday
7Xing Qi Liu星期六 Saturday

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