Chinese Calendar on Ubuntu 16.04

Friend David is messing around with the I-Ching 易经， and was asking me about calendar month names. I usually only use the number and then the month, but there are more formal Chinese names.

Chinese calendar for Ubuntu 16.04, from Kylin, today is 冬月 dongyue, 11th month 20th day year of the Dog 狗年 by the Chinese agricultural calendar, or 2018 Dec 26 using the Gregorian calendar.

Adding the Chinese calendar to Ubuntu 16.04 is a simple single button install. From the Ubuntu Software Center, search for “Chinese Calendar”, then do install. This calendar comes default with the Kylin distribution of Linux, which is quite nice. Here’s the binary package. When you start the installed icon, nothing will seemingly happen. On the top right side of your screen will be a calendar icon. Click the icon, then click the first option and the calendar will appear. The other options allow the calendar to be on top of, or behind all other windows. I just left these default option as is.

Chinese calendar for Ubuntu 16.04, from Kylin, today is 冬月 dongyue, 11th month 20th day year of the Dog 狗年 by the Chinese agricultural calendar, or 2018 Dec 26 using the Gregorian calendar.

The Gregorian date is large in the top right corner. Underneath is “农历 冬月二十”, “Agricultural calendar, Dong (winter) month, 20th day”. “狗年” is the year of the dog. “戊戌年” wusu nian uses rare characters. This looks like a different year numbering system.

戊戌為干支之一，順序為第35個。前一位是丁酉，後一位是己亥。論陰陽五行，天干之戊屬陽之土，地支之戌屬陽之土，是比例和好
The Wuxu is one of the branches, and the order is the 35th. The former one is Ding Wei, the latter one is Ji Hai. On the five elements of yin and yang, the sacred sacred sacred yang is the land of yang, and the earthly branch is the land of yang, which is proportional and good. source with Google Translate

Beneath this is what is good “宜“ “yi, suitable” and bad ”急“，”ji, fear” to do today.

Starting from the top left you will see the Gregorian date 2018, the year and month, below is the days of the week (周日 to 周六). The actual calendar has the Chinese numbers. You will need to learn more Chinese to understand some of the characters.

Chinese calendar for Ubuntu 16.04, from Kylin, for 2019 Feb 05, 春节 Chinese New Year is 正月 zheng yue, 1st month 1st day year of the Pig 猪年 by the Chinese agricultural calendar,

You will notice that on 2019 Feb 05, the start of Chinese New Year, the month is “正月“ Zheng month, “春节” or Spring Festival. The year has changed to 猪年，the Year of the Pig. ”已亥年“， yihai nian, again, this looks like a different year numbering system.

己亥为干支之一，顺序为第36个。前一位是戊戌，后一位是庚子。论阴阳五行，天干之己属阴之土，地支之亥属阴之水，是土克水相克。
Hehai is one of the branches, and the order is the 36th. The former is the Wuxu and the latter is the Gengzi. On the five elements of yin and yang, the heavens are the soil of the yin, and the land of the earth is the water of the Yin, which is the water of the soil. source with Google Translate

This stuff is getting complex, so I’l quit while I am ahead.

Names of Chinese Lunar Months

Ancient Chinese people named each lunar month according to what they or nature traditionally did in that month. See below.