Chinese Farmer's Calendar - Calendar Tools
When the Calendar item on the menu bar is selected, the Chinese Calendar Tools dropdown menu will appear.
The Chinese Lunar Calendar Conversion tool provides the conversion from the western Gregorian Solar Calendar to the Chinese Lunar Calendar and vice versa. The Quick Calendar is a simple calendar to find the daily astrology symbols.
Chinese Lunar Calendar Conversion
The following steps will guide you in converting the Gregorian calendar to or from Chinese Lunar calendar.
- Select Conversion Type using the radio buttons
- Select Calendar Type - Astronomical Calendar or China Civil Calendar using
the radio buttons
Note: The Civil Calendar is a traditional Calendar and less accurate for astrology purposes. - Enter or select a Date using the drop down arrow to select a date for conversion
- Select Time Zone - See World Time Zone Map or More time zones
- Click the
Conversion
icon - Click the
Explanation
icon for more information - For reference only, click
Sundial
icon to get the Solar Time Correction Table - Click the
Printer
icon to print the screen
The Theory of the Chinese Calendar
New Year and Astrology Days
The New Year and Astrology Days lists the Chinese New Year Days, the first day of Chinese Astrology Years and the first day of Chinese Astrology Months. When the Calendar item in the menu bar is selected, the Chinese Calendar Tools dropdown menu will appear. Using the drop down list, select the year in which you wish to find the Chinese New Year and Astrology Days.
After selecting the Year and Time Zone click on the Calculator
icon. The Chinese astrology calendar days will be listed.
Find Strong Chi Days
The Strong Chi Days lists the first three days of each astrology Chi month from the selected year. According to one Chinese Five Element Master, the Universe Solar Chi comes up from the earth at the beginning of each astrology month. The Chi will be getting weaker till in the end of astrology month. The Strong Chi Days should be considered as lucky days, especially for the temple or church events. The Strong Chi is even stronger when the day is the full moon day. Full moon days usually is on the 16th or 15th lunar day.
Search Holidays
The Search Holidays tool is for finding the date of Chinese festivals
or holidays by selecting the year and clicking the Conversion
icon
The Search Holidays tool also can find the date of western holidays, such as Easter related festivals.
Chinese Age
Chinese count a baby as one year old when it is born. Then Chinese will add one year to their Chinese age on the Chinese New Year day. For example, the Chinese New Year day was on January 24th. 2001. If a baby was born on January 23rd. 2001. This baby will be two years old on the Chinese New Year day. The baby will then add one year to its age on each the Chinese New Year day.
- Enter the birthday and Time Zone
- Select on certain day to calculate Chinese age
- Click the OK
button, then it
will prompt you the Chinese age
Five Element Weights
The Yearly Five Element Weights lists 100 years of Five Element scores from the selected Year.
The Monthly Five Element Weights lists 12 astrology months of Five Element scores from the selected Year.
The Daily Five Element Weights lists daily Five Element scores from the selected Month.
The Hourly Five Element Weights lists 12 astrology hours of Five Element scores from the selected Day.
To sort the Five Element Scores in ascending order by element, highlight the
element's column and click on the 
sort
icon. The Element Score list will be shown in ascending order. By clicking on the 
sort
icon, the Element Score list will
be displayed in descending order.
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