Template:Ctime/doc

	Description	current output
A	am/pm of day	pm
a	a/p of shí	p
B	Bāzì upon solar	JC-YH-ZM-KH
b	Bāzì upon lunar	JC-YH-ZM-KH
C	Stem-branch of year	Jiǎchénnián
c	Stem-branch of year	40
D	Weekday, 0=Sunday	0
d	Day of month	10
E	Year upon an epoch	4722AH
e	Year upon an 114BC	2138
F	Month name	Shíyuè
FdY	Date in common format	Shíyuè 10, 2024
f	Full month number	10
G	Gēng	Post
g	Gēng number	9
go	Gēngdiǎn	9:48
H	Hour in 24h format	16
Hms	Time in 24h format	16:20:16
h	Hour in 12h format	04
I	Intercalary flag	0
i	Mils pass shí	84
J	Mils past diǎn	34
j	Mils past kè	4
K	Kè	68
k	Kè in shí	2
kS	Shíkè	shen 2 ke4 fen
L	Intercalary month.	0
l	Lunar information	2349
M	Month number	10
m	Minute	20
N	Month index	10
n	Month offset	265
O	Diǎn	40
o	Diǎn in gēng	4
oG	Gēngdiǎn	post 4 point 84 fen
P	Phase and zodiac	Year of wooden Dragon
p	Phase and zodiac	Mùlóngnián
Q	Festival
q	Solar term name	22, Light Snow
R	Solar term number	21
r	Day before solar term	12
S	Shí	Shēn
Sk	Shíkè	72:04
s	Second	16
T	Year length	354
t	Month length	30
U	Timestamp(hjjs)	0712/10111010R8704
u	Timestamp	20241010T162016
V	Solar term of year	18
v	Solar term of month	1
W	Week of year	40
w	Week of month	2
Y	Year number	2024
Yfd	Date in regular format	2024-10-10
y	Year offset	40
Z	Stem-branches of day	15
z	Day of year	275

The templates convert the date and time in the Gregorian calendar to the Chinese calendar. The range of date is within the nearest 11 Metonic cycles, from the year 1905 to 2113.

Usage

Date related

ctime is the format in the Gregorian calendar, today is default and gives 2024-11-10

ctime:FdY is the common format. Today is default and gives Shíyuè 10, 2024
Note: Yīyuè is the intercalary month after Zhēngyuè; Shíèryuè is the common month of intercalary Làyuè.

ctime:Yfd is the regular format. Today is default and gives 2024-10-10
Notes: 00:Zhēngyuè;01:Zhēngyuè/Yīyuè;02~11:Èryuè~Shíyīyuè;12:Shíèryuè/Làyuè;13:Làyuè;R2~R9:Rùnèryuè~Rùnjǐuyuè;R0:Rùnshíyuè;R1:Rùnshíyiyuè

ctime:B is the date and shí in Bāzì format upon solar term. Now is default and gives JC-YH-ZM-KH
Notes: Using the initial of pinyin except Z for ji, and K for gui.The range of the year is from the day of the winter solstice to the day before the next winter solstice.

ctime:b is the date and shí in Bāzì format upon lunar month. Now is default and gives JC-YH-ZM-KH
Notes: Using the initial of pinyin except Z for jǐ, and K for guì. The years are beginning on Zhēngyuè 1_st. The stem-branches of the intercalary month is the same as the corresponding common month. The days are beginning at dawn.

Day related

ctime:Z is the number of the date in stem-branches format. Today is default and gives 15
Notes: from 0 to 59, and 0 is Jiǎzǐ

Year related

ctime:c is the number of the year in stem-branches format. This year is default and gives 40
Notes: from 0 to 59, and 0 is Jiǎzǐ. The year means the calendric year beginning at Zhēngyuè 1_st

ctime:C is the name of the year in stem-branches format. This year is default and gives Jiǎchénnián

ctime:P is the name of the year in phase-zodiac format. This year is default and gives Year of wooden Dragon

ctime:E|epoch|symbol is the number of the year upon the given epoch. This year is default and gives 4722AH
Notes: if the epoch is BC, add -, and the default is 2698_BC

Time related

ctime:Hms is the iso format, now is default and gives 16:20:16

ctime:go is the regular format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives 9:48

ctime:Sk is the regular format for Shíkè, now is default and gives 72:04

ctime:oG is the common format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives post 4 point 84 fen

ctime:kS is the common format for Shíkè, now is default and gives shen 2 ke4 fen