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==Calculation Website ==

==Calculation Website ==

Unlike conversions between era years and Western years, which is a fairly easy calculation (see [[Year dates]] and [[Japanese eras]], conversion between the Western and Chinese calendar can only be done using a monthly table based on historical documents. One table is Tuchihashi's.  However, now there are several websites that provide calcuators which look up dates.  One is the following:

Unlike conversions between era years and Western years, which is a fairly easy calculation (see [[Year dates]] and [[Japanese Eras]], conversion between the Western and Chinese calendar can only be done using a monthly table based on historical documents. One table is Tuchihashi's.  However, now there are several websites that provide calcuators which look up dates.  One is the following:

http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/nengo_calc.htm which will give the Western year for the Japanese date.

http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/nengo_calc.htm which will give the Western year for the Japanese date.

*There is no calculator on that site for getting from Western to Japanese.  So the best way is to pick a Japanese month one month before (like the 9th month for an October date) and then use the "try and then adjust" method several times.

*There is no calculator on that site for getting from Western to Japanese.  So the best way is to pick a Japanese month one month before (like the 9th month for an October date) and then use the "try and then adjust" method several times.

==Notes==

==Notes==