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What's the difference between lunar calendar, solar calendar, lunar calendar and Buddhist calendar?
1, Gregorian calendar-that is, the Gregorian calendar commonly used in people's daily life. For example, August 29th, 20 1 1 year.
2. Lunar calendar and lunar calendar-they are the same concept. Lunar calendar is commonly known as lunar calendar.
The lunar calendar in astronomy mainly refers to the calendar arranged according to the moon phase cycle. Let the moon go around the earth (with reference to the sun)
In fact, the actual moon runs for more than one week) is January, that is, the first month of the lunar calendar is used as the basis for determining the calendar month, and a year is twelve calendar months.
A calendar.
Why did China like to use the lunar calendar in ancient times?
Because the first day of each month is a new moon and the fifteenth day is a full moon, it is easy to identify and use, so it is usually called the lunar calendar. until
Today, due to the changes of solar terms in the calendar, which is closely related to agricultural planting activities, the "Lunar Calendar" is very popular among China people, especially farmers.
It plays an important role in life. So it is also called lunar calendar.
About the comparison between lunar calendar and solar calendar, you can search for perpetual calendar on the Internet.
3. Buddhist calendar-Buddhist calendar is a way to calculate the era in some Buddhist countries, and the calculation method is based on the year when Sakyamuni died.
Buddha was born in 623 BC, enlightened in 588 BC and died in 543 BC. Three years later, 1954,
The annual meeting was held in Yangon, Myanmar. At the meeting, it was decided that the Buddhist countries should adopt the "Buddhist calendar" era and calculate the year of Sakyamuni's nirvana in AD.
1954 is 2497.
How to convert Buddhist calendar into solar calendar?
Gregorian calendar = Buddhist calendar -543
For example, July 30th, 2546 in the Buddhist calendar is July 30th, 2003 in the solar calendar.
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