Supported date range
1901-01-01 through 2050-12-31 (Gregorian). Lunar input years 1900–2050.
Two-way conversion · leap months supported
Chinese lunar calendar converter: 1901–2050
Convert Gregorian dates from 1 January 1901 through 31 December 2050, or turn a recorded Chinese lunar date back into Gregorian. Today, 12 September 2026, is lunar month 8, day 2. Leap and regular months are separate inputs.
One day, two calendar names. Switch direction to reuse the date shown in the result—no retyping.
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Live example
Today’s conversion — 12 September 2026
Chinese lunar date
Month 8 · Day 2
二〇二六年八月初二
Year of the
Yang Fire Horse · 丙午Stem: Bǐng 丙 · Branch: Wǔ 午
Month type
Regular month
Lunar year
2026
Submit the form to convert any date in the supported range.
Choose a day · read it here
Explore the conversion calendar
See how lunar months cross a Gregorian month. Select any date to compare both calendars without leaving this page.
Swipe across the calendar to see every day. Select a date for its reading.
| SundaySun | MondayMon | TuesdayTue | WednesdayWed | ThursdayThu | FridayFri | SaturdaySat |
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TodaySelectedFestivalMoon phaseSolar term
Today · calendar reading
12 September 2026 selected. Reading updated.
Saturday
Chinese lunar date
Month 8 · day 2 · 2026
二〇二六年八月初二
Birth-year animal & element
Yang Fire HorseDay pillar
Yin Earth Ox己丑
One day · two calendars
What this converter does
Find the Chinese lunar date for an everyday calendar date, or turn a recorded lunar date into a Gregorian date. Use it for birthdays, anniversaries, family records and festival planning.
What is Gregorian?
The January-to-December calendar used for everyday dates follows the solar year. Enter a complete date, including the year: 10 February 2024, for example.
The result describes that same day as lunar year 2024, month 1, day 1—Chinese New Year.
Open the worked example →What is a Chinese lunar date?
Its months follow new moons and contain 29 or 30 days. Solar rules keep the year aligned with the seasons, so the calendar is more precisely called lunisolar.
Lunar month one is not January. A complete date needs a year, month, day and, when relevant, a leap-month marker.
The Moon and numbered lunar days →How does conversion work?
Gregorian input locates the day inside its lunar year and month. Reverse conversion selects the lunar month’s opening date and counts forward to the numbered day.
A repeated leap month is a separate interval. Select “leap” only when the original record says 闰; it can change the answer by a whole month.
Conversion rules and boundaries →Choose the right next step
Convert once, then explore the date
Find a birthday
Conversion gives the lunar date of birth. A lunar birthday repeats that month and day in another lunar year, so its Gregorian date moves.
Find the next lunar birthday →Understand a festival
Many festivals follow a lunar month and day; Qingming and Winter Solstice instead follow solar terms. The date rule matters before converting.
Festival dates and traditions →Read the daily almanac
The day animal, element, mansion and suitable activities are additional cycles attached to the converted day—not alternative lunar dates.
Learn the calendar’s cycles →Daily almanac · 2026-09-12
Today’s example, in more detail
Day animal & element
己丑 Yin Earth Ox
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Ox.
Read this stem against your Day Master →Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.
宜 Traditionally suitable
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Travel出行
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Set up a bed安床
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Plant crops栽种
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Burial安葬
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
忌 Traditionally avoid
- None listed无
Month 8 · 29 days
11 September 2026–9 October 2026. 27 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
25 September 2026 · Among Chinese communities in Singapore, families may share mooncakes, pomelo and tea while children carry lanterns, with household practices varying.
Leap months
When a lunar year repeats a month, tick the leap option to select the repeated occurrence; the regular month is the default.
Year archive
Browse by year
Every year from 1902 to 2049 has its own page with its Chinese New Year date, animal, leap month and solar terms, and links to each of its Gregorian months.
A birthday kept by the lunar calendar repeats on the same lunar day, not the same Gregorian one. See where a lunar birthday falls in the years ahead.