Is the yellow calendar the same as the lunar calendar?

Based on the solar calendar of the China lunar calendar, there are many calendars that indicate good luck or bad luck for a day.

According to legend, the Huangli calendar was created by Emperor Xuanyuan, so it is called the Huangli calendar, which is also commonly known as the "general book" among the people. However, because the word "book" and "lose" in Tongshu are homophonic, it is also called "Tong Sheng" because of taboo.

The main contents of the Gregorian calendar are the schedule of the twenty-four solar terms, the good and bad luck of each day, the luck of the zodiac and so on.

traditional Chinese calendar

1. A calendar in China, which is a kind of lunar calendar, is generally called lunar calendar. Normal year 12 months, 30 days in the big month, 29 days in the small month, and 354 or 355 days in the whole year (which month is big and which month is small in a year, which varies from year to year). Because the average number of days per year is about 1 1 day worse than that of the solar year, there are seven leap months in nineteen years, and the year with leap months is 383 days or 384 days. According to the position of the sun, a solar year is divided into 24 solar terms, which is convenient for farming. The chronology is matched with heavenly stems and earthly branches, with a period of 60 years. According to legend, this calendar originated in the Xia Dynasty, so it is also called the Xia calendar. Also known as the old calendar.

The yellow calendar is not the lunar calendar.