Timeline of Chinese History

Chinese Regnal Era Names since Year 1250 B.C. !
Heavenly Stems & Earthly Branches (天干地支纪年) coding system !
9,000+ Years Chinese-Western Calendar Converter!

• Chinese Era Names
e.g.
顺治元年
公元1644年, 农历甲申(猴)年
明毅宗朱由检崇祯十七年
清世祖爱新觉罗福临顺治元年

• Japanese Gengo
Including the Meiji(明治), Taishō(大正), Shōwa(昭和) and Heisei(平成) reign periods.

• Day Count
e.g. The year of Nov 29, 819 minus the year of May 25, 2018 equals 437734 days or 1198.429 years or 14381.16 months.

• Ganzhi Count
干支計算
e.g. 丁卯 - 戊寅 = 49, 109, 169, 229 ...
or -1, -71, -131, -191 ...

• 3D - Year
Get to know exactly what the "year" means! Planetarium in your pocket !

• The Chinese Zodiac
Easy to calculate the corresponding zodiac year !

Mouse – 鼠
Ox – 牛
Tiger – 虎
Rabbit – 兔
Dragon – 龍
Snake – 蛇
Horse – 馬
Goat – 羊
Monkey – 猴
Rooster – 雞
Dog – 狗
Pig – 豬

The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar which reckons years, months and days according to astronomical phenomena. It has more than 4000 years of history.