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Q: Korean calendar converter for birthdays ( Answered,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Korean calendar converter for birthdays
Category: Science > Astronomy
Asked by: jasony79-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 16 Apr 2006 00:02 PDT
Expires: 16 May 2006 00:02 PDT
Question ID: 719386
I'm trying to find a site that'll tell me when my parents have their
birthdays for any given year. They're Korean and celebrate their
birthdays on a different day every year. For example, my mom was born
on 2-28-1951. This year, her birthday celebration would be on ???
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Subject: Re: Korean calendar converter for birthdays
Answered By: denco-ga on 22 Apr 2006 02:11 PDT
 
Howdy jasony79-ga,

Thanks for accepting this as the answer to your question.

The traditional Korean calendar is lunar based, and this Wikipedia entry
tells us it is the same as used in traditional Chinese applications.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar

"The Chinese calendar ... is a lunisolar calendar incorporating elements
of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar.
...
Other traditional East Asian calendars are similar to if not identical
to the Chinese calendar: the Korean calendar is identical ..."

The "Asia Home" website has a "Chinese Birthday Date" calculator.
http://www.est-direct.com/china/cncaps.php

If we put in your example birthday of February 28, 1951, the calculator
yields a Monday, February 20, 2006 birthday.

If you need any clarification, please feel free to ask.


Search strategy:

Google search on: lunar calendar birthday
://www.google.com/search?q=lunar+calendar+birthday

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher
Comments  
Subject: Re: Korean calendar converter for birthdays
From: denco-ga on 16 Apr 2006 01:14 PDT
 
Howdy jasony79-ga,

The traditional Korean calendar is lunar based, and this Wikipedia entry
tells us it is the same as used in traditional Chinese applications.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar

The Chinese calendar ... is a lunisolar calendar incorporating elements
of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar.
...
Other traditional East Asian calendars are similar to if not identical
to the Chinese calendar: the Korean calendar is identical ..."

The "Asia Home" website has a "Chinese Birthday Date" calculator.
http://www.est-direct.com/china/cncaps.php

If we put in your example birthday of February 28, 1951, the calculator
yields a Monday, February 20, 2006 birthday.

If the above will do as an answer for you, please tell me and I will
post is as such.  Thanks!

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher
Subject: Re: Korean calendar converter for birthdays
From: jasony79-ga on 21 Apr 2006 23:46 PDT
 
that'll work. thanks!!

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