East Asian Calendar Traditions

The traditional Chinese calendar has months that begin at the new moon and inserts a leap month roughly every three years so that...

The Tibetan calendar is lunisolar and based on the Kalachakra Tantra, with an intercalary month added as needed and some calendar...

Japan names years by eras, nengō, starting with Taika in 645 and continuous since 701. Since the Meiji Restoration in 1868 there...

The Minguo calendar counts years from the founding of the Republic of China in 1912, which is year 1. It uses Gregorian months...

The Dangi era counts years from the legendary founding of Gojoseon by Dangun in 2333 BCE. South Korea used it officially from...

The Meiji government replaced the traditional lunisolar calendar with the Gregorian one with only weeks of notice: the 3rd day of...

Korea switched from the lunisolar calendar to the Gregorian calendar as part of the Gabo reforms, taking effect on 1 January...

The new Republic of China adopted the Gregorian calendar from 1 January 1912, numbering years in the Minguo era. Warlord rule...

The sexagenary cycle pairs ten heavenly stems with twelve earthly branches to produce 60 combinations, used to name days since...

Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, begins the first month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar at a new moon falling between...

North Korea counts years from the 1912 birth of Kim Il Sung, alongside the Gregorian calendar, under a system adopted on the...

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the full moon of the eighth Chinese lunar month, in September or early October, when families...