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Post by chak on Apr 18, 2009 9:55:14 GMT -5
Can anyone explain or send link on how Chinese dates correspond to the Gregorian calendar?
My great-grandpa came to the US in K.S.6 I also have some dates which follow CR, i.e.CR 22-9-18.
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Post by Henry on Apr 18, 2009 10:42:37 GMT -5
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Post by philiptancl on Apr 18, 2009 21:49:16 GMT -5
Chak, I find calendar conversion between about 28 different types of calendar best done using this website. emr.cs.iit.edu/home/reingold/calendar-book/Calendrica.htmlI find converting Chinese to Gregorian or vice versa best done with the said website. For example, Henry’s was born on May 24, 1942. Who knows what day of the week was he born? From that website, I know he was born on day 144 of 1942 and it was a Sunday. Using the Chinese calendar he was born in cycle 77, year "Ren-wu", Month 4, Day 10. The Chinese year name of "Ren-wu" translates as "Yang water horse". This means he was born on the 19th year of cycle 77 or Chinese year 4639. In Jerusalem on that day, sunrise was at 05.01 AM and sunset at 06.15 PM. For that year the Chinese New Year was on February 15, 1942 and the last day of the Chinese year was February 4, 1943. Using that website and a table I had constructed I would know the above information, especially if you do not know what "Ren-wu", "Bing-wu" or the meaning in English of all the 10 types of horse there are. If readers are interested, I can ask Xuangxing to post the table in this Forum for easy reference by readers wishing to know these information, i.e. after getting knowing the Chinese date of birth from that website or vice versa. The table is from 1864 to 2043 but readers could extent the table once you understand the principle. I use this website quite often for the following purposes: 1. In my family (I believe that is what Chinese generally do in Malaysia), the ancestor veneration on the anniversary of departed is done using the Chinese date. Very often I know the year of death using Gregorian but I only know the Chinese month and date. With that website, I can establish the Gregorian date as well and vice-versa. 2. Very often elderly Chinese would tell me their age and their birth day using the Chinese date. Chinese age is normally one year more than Western. It could be two as well if they were born at end of the Chinese year. To get the Gregorian date of birth correct, I normally ask what is his Chinese zodiac sign. Using the website and my table I can establish the Gregorian date of birth or for that matter the date of birth in 28 different types of calendars. Henry was born a yang water horse on Month 4, Day 10 in Cycle 77. In Mayan calendar it would be "12.16.8.7.1 (Long Count)", whatever that means. In Egyptian it would be "Thoth 2691" and so on.
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Post by Ah Gin on Apr 21, 2009 15:15:36 GMT -5
Phillip, Thanks for sharing the website on Calender Conversion. Very useful and important tool for all Heritage Studies. On older headstones, dates are usually in the Chinese form (Farmer's Date). So it's useful to have such a tool to convert to Gregorian Dates, as most Western records are in that form. The following site is also quite useful dbo.sinica.edu.tw/~tdbproj/sinocal/luso.htmlIt seems to accept date up to 1st January 0002 Regards, Ah Gin
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