Taoist Calendar Converter

Read a Gregorian day in Taoist and lunar fields

Select a civil (Gregorian) date to see its corresponding Taoist calendar year, Chinese lunar date, Gan-Zhi labels, listed festival names, and four special-day indicators. The result places several traditional date notations beside the Gregorian date so you can record or compare them. It is a calendar lookup; it does not provide an auspicious-day recommendation or explain ritual practice.

What the displayed labels mean

Gan-Zhi, also called the sexagenary cycle, pairs one of ten Heavenly Stems with one of twelve Earthly Branches to form a repeating sequence of sixty labels. The result shows year, month, and day Gan-Zhi fields, along with a separate BaZi string derived from the calendar data. These are traditional calendar labels, not alternate Gregorian date formats. The Hong Kong Observatory describes the stems, branches, and their cycle, and provides a Gregorian-to-lunar conversion reference.

The Taoist date card displays its year and Chinese month/day notation. The festival area lists names when the calendar data has an entry. Separate yes/no fields mark San Yuan, San Hui, Ba Jie, and Wu La days. These labels are presented as calendar classifications; their appearance does not establish how a particular temple or lineage observes them.

Look up and record one date

1. Choose the Gregorian date

   Use the date picker to select the civil date you want to examine. The calendar control covers dates from 1900 through 2100.

2. Move to an adjacent day if needed

   Use the previous- or next-day arrow to compare neighboring dates, or choose Today to return to the current date.

3. Read fields separately

   Confirm the Gregorian date first, then note the lunar date, Taoist year/month/day, Gan-Zhi labels, BaZi, festival names, and each special-day indicator. Keep the date beside the labels when copying them into notes.

Reading the calendar output

Interpret the result in its cultural context

Calendar traditions and observance lists can differ across sources, communities, and lineages. The displayed fields are a reference generated under this calendar’s convention, not religious guidance or a complete account of Taoist practice. The picker accepts a date, not a time or location, so it does not distinguish local time zones or time-of-day boundaries. For ceremony planning or scholarly citation, confirm the date and convention with the relevant community or a specialist source.