Calendar and astronomyLunar-solar converter
Convert lunar and solar dates both ways, with leap months, stems and branches and solar terms, or count days between dates.
Start Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarHow a lunar leap month is determined, why leap years exist, and why one lunar day in a leap year corresponds to two solar days.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipIf someone dies in a leap month, in which month is the giỗ held? How tiểu tường, đại tường and the yearly anniversary are counted, per Giác Ngộ.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarLunar calendar 2027: year of Đinh Mùi, Tết on Saturday 6 February 2027, no leap month. Key dates, solar terms, and how to look up dates and convert Can Chi.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selectionCửu Độc: nine days of the fifth lunar month (5-7, 15-17, 25-27). What the Kinh Sở tuế thời ký says, what is avoided, and solar dates for 2026 to 2030.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyBorn in a leap month or in the hour of Tý: which month and day does a Tử Vi chart use? What each book says, and the convention Nhật Nguyệt follows.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipTiểu tường keeps the lunar date of death in the next year, as Gia lễ does not count leap months; some count a full 12 lunar months, one month earlier.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarLunar to solar conversion uses no fixed addition table. It relies on the new moon point, major solar terms and legal time zones, so it differs year by year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarThe Vietnamese lunar calendar is actually a lunisolar calendar combining the moon's phases and Earth's orbit around the Sun.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarVietnamese and Chinese Tet differ because the new moon is calculated in different time zones and leap months follow different rules.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingMai Hoa Dịch Số casts a hexagram from the lunar year, month, day, and hour: divide by 8 for the trigrams and by 6 for the moving line.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesNew Year's Day in Vietnam comes from the Gregorian calendar, adopted in the French colonial period, and later became an official public holiday.
Updated 16 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesTet 2027, the Lunar New Year of the Goat, starts Saturday, February 6, 2027. Public employees may get 7 days off, February 4 to 10.
Updated 16 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipYear-end altar cleaning in Vietnam is usually done after the Kitchen Gods rite and before New Year's Eve, by the householder, in three steps.
Updated 13 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › NumerologyPersonal Year Number 6 in numerology centers on family, love and responsibility, a cycle for nurturing relationships and balancing giving with receiving.
Updated 9 Aug 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesComparing Lunar New Year of the Kinh, Chol Chnam Thmay of the Khmer, and ethnic groups with their own calendars: timing, offerings, rituals, and names.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of scienceLunar dates, leap months and solar terms are verifiable astronomy, while auspicious days and lucky stars are a later day-selection layer.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcSolar terms set Yang Dun or Yin Dun, and the fu tou day sets the yuan. This guide covers ju numbers, super spirit and qi continuation, Zhi Fu and Zhi Shi.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animalsOx people are seen as steadfast, practical and reliable, though also stubborn, succeeding through persistence rather than talent.
Updated 13 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarTwo calendars can give different lunar dates for the same solar day because they use different legal time zones, such as Vietnam at UTC+7 and China at UTC+8.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarThe 24 solar terms are seasonal markers tied to Earth's orbit around the Sun, used as a farming guide in the lunar almanac.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTieu han is placed by the trine group of the birth year branch, nguyet han by birth month and hour, with notes on where Tu Vi schools differ.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyDiscover in detail how to cast a Zi Wei Dou Shu chart from birth time and year to star placement, along with the profound meaning of the 12 palaces.
Updated 12 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyWhat is Vietnamese astrology (tu vi), how a chart is cast, and core concepts such as the 12 palaces, major stars, Four Transformations, nap am and Bat Tu.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarTiểu Thử usually begins on July 7 and opens the Mùi month. Start times for 2025 to 2030, the meaning of its name and what classical books record.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarTiểu Mãn, the 8th solar term, begins on 20 or 21 May when the Sun reaches 60 degrees longitude. In 2026 it starts at 07:28 on 21 May, Vietnam time.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarMang Chủng is the 9th of the 24 solar terms, usually starting around June 5 or 6 as Tiểu Mãn ends. Its meaning, calendar role, and customs explained.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe full-month ceremony falls one lunar month after birth; by custom boys hold it one day earlier, girls two. How to count it, an example, and offerings.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › NumerologyDiscover the meaning of Challenge Number 4 in numerology: obstacles around discipline, stability, and how to turn challenges into inner strength.
Updated 8 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingGeng is Yang Metal in the I Ching, tied to the West, autumn and the Qian hexagram, and stands for strength, decisiveness and righteousness.
Updated 9 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarXuân Phân, the fourth of the 24 solar terms, starts on 20 or 21 March in Vietnam time. Exact dates to 2030, its three pentads and the customs around it.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyHoa Quyen in the Four Transformations of Zi Wei Dou Shu symbolizes power and decisiveness. See how it is read in each palace, and what harsh stars change.
Updated 29 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsBurning votive paper to see off ancestors after Tet usually falls between the 3rd and 10th of the first lunar month, most often the 3rd. What to prepare.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarLập Thu, tiết khí thứ 13, đánh dấu chuyển hạ sang thu. Bài giải thích cách tính ngày, ba hậu, gốc tích trong Tuế thời quảng ký và tục lệ.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarThu Phân, the 16th of the 24 solar terms, begins on 22 to 24 September as the Sun enters the Thọ Tinh station. Its calendar roots and customs, explained.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarSương Giáng 2026 begins at 16:39 on 23 October, Vietnam time. The 18th solar term, mid-term of the ninth lunar month: dates, three pentads, customs.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Western › TarotThe Six of Swords symbolizes transition: leaving turbulent seas for calmer waters, a journey through difficulty and healing after the storm.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThe fire jumping ritual of the Red Dao people in Yen Bai is held during maturity or exorcism ceremonies, with dancing on embers and prayers for peace.
Updated 28 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › GlossaryNhật Nguyệt is the Sino-Vietnamese pair for sun and moon, symbolizing yin and yang, time, and the cosmos in East Asian culture.
Updated 16 Sept 2026
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Open dataEvery solar day from 1900 to 2100 with its lunar date, leap month flag, day and year stem-branch, the solar term in force and the day officer.
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