Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Almanac inquiry - What year is the lunar calendar this year?

What year is the lunar calendar this year?

Guimao year.

According to the query of the old almanac. This year is 2023. According to heavenly stems and earthly branches's algorithm, 2023 is the year of romance and ugliness in the lunar calendar, also known as the Year of the Water Rabbit. Therefore, this year's lunar calendar is the year of Guimao, which corresponds to the "rabbit" in the zodiac (rabbits are blessed). In the year of Guimao, Guisi is determined according to the laws of heaven and earth, and corresponds to A, B, D, E, G, Ji, Ji and N. "Taizu" acted according to the law and discipline of the local branch, but "the ugly son did not apply for the afternoon."

Lunar calendar is the current traditional calendar in China, which belongs to the combined calendar of yin and yang, that is, the combined calendar of lunar calendar and solar calendar. According to the change cycle of the moon phase, each moon phase changes to one month, taking the solar tropical year as the length of a year, and adding 24 solar terms and setting leap months to make the average calendar year adapt to the tropical year. The integration of the lunar calendar and the solar calendar in the lunar calendar forms a method of combining yin and yang. Because of the use of "Xia Zheng", it was called Li Xia in ancient times. The current lunar calendar changed its name from "summer calendar" to "lunar calendar" after 1970.