World calendars
The Gregorian calendar is used almost everywhere, but 14 other calendars are still official or set the dates of holidays for hundreds of millions of people. Here is today, Thursday, 12 November 2026, in each of them.
Lunar and lunisolar calendars
Months of the moon. The Islamic year has only twelve, about 354 days, so its months move through the seasons; the lunisolar calendars add a 13th month every two or three years to keep up with them.
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Islamic calendar
2 Jumada al-Thani 1448
٢ جمادى الآخرة ١٤٤٨ هـ
Sets the dates of Ramadan and the Eids; official in Saudi Arabia (Umm al-Qura).
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Chinese calendar
Month 10, day 4
丙午年十月初四
Year of the Fire Horse
Sets Chinese New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the zodiac years.
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Hebrew calendar
2 Kislev 5787
ב׳ בכסלו ה׳תשפ״ז
The Jewish religious calendar and an official calendar of Israel; counts the years from the creation of the world.
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Korean lunar calendar
Month 10, day 4
음력 2026년 10월 4일
Year of the Fire Horse
Sets Seollal and Chuseok in Korea; calculated for Korea Standard Time.
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Vietnamese lunar calendar
Month 10, day 4
Ngày 4 tháng 10 năm Bính Ngọ
Year of the Fire Horse
Sets Tết; calculated for Vietnam time since 1968, so some dates differ from the Chinese calendar.
Solar calendars
Years of the seasons, about 365.24 days, with their own months, New Year and count of years.
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Persian calendar
21 Aban 1405
۲۱ آبان ۱۴۰۵
Official in Iran; the year begins at the March equinox with Nowruz.
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Ethiopian calendar
3 Hidar 2019
ኅዳር 3፣ 2019
Official in Ethiopia: 13 months, 7 to 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar.
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Coptic calendar
3 Hathor 1743
٣ هاتور ١٧٤٣
The calendar of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, with 13 months like the Ethiopian one.
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Indian national calendar
21 Kartika 1948
21 कार्तिक 1948
The official civil calendar of India since 1957, alongside the Gregorian one.
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Bengali calendar
27 Kartik 1433
২৭ কার্তিক ১৪৩৩ বঙ্গাব্দ
The national calendar of Bangladesh; the year begins on 14 April with Pohela Boishakh.
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Julian calendar
30 October 2026
Kept by the Orthodox churches of Russia, Serbia, Georgia and Jerusalem; 13 days behind.
The Gregorian calendar with another count of years
The same months and days as the Gregorian calendar, but the years are counted from another starting point.
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Japanese calendar
12 November, Reiwa 8
令和8年11月12日
Gregorian months and days, years counted by the era of the emperor (Reiwa).
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Thai calendar
12 November 2569
12 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2569
Thailand counts the years in the Buddhist Era, 543 years ahead.
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Minguo calendar
12 November 115
民國115年11月12日
Taiwan counts the years from the founding of the Republic of China in 1912.
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Frequently asked questions
Which calendars are used in the world today?
Besides the Gregorian calendar, the most widely used are the Islamic calendar (lunar), the Chinese, Hebrew, Korean and Vietnamese calendars (lunisolar) and the Persian, Ethiopian, Coptic, Indian national and Bengali calendars (solar). Japan, Thailand and Taiwan use the Gregorian months and days with their own count of years, and several Orthodox churches keep their feasts by the Julian calendar.
Which countries do not use the Gregorian calendar?
Four countries never adopted it as their main civil calendar: Iran and Afghanistan, with the Persian (Solar Hijri) calendar (since 2022 the Afghan government has used the lunar Hijri calendar officially), Ethiopia, with the Ethiopian calendar, and Nepal, with the Vikram Samvat. Japan, Thailand and Taiwan use the Gregorian calendar with their own years, and many countries use a second calendar alongside it: Israel the Hebrew, India the national Saka calendar, Bangladesh the Bengali, Egypt the Coptic and Islamic, Saudi Arabia the Islamic calendar.
What is the difference between solar, lunar and lunisolar calendars?
A solar calendar follows the year of the seasons, about 365.24 days, like the Gregorian and Persian calendars. A lunar calendar follows the phases of the moon: the Islamic year of 12 months has about 354 days, so Ramadan comes about 11 days earlier every year. A lunisolar calendar has months of the moon but adds a 13th month every two or three years to stay with the seasons, like the Chinese and Hebrew calendars.
How do I convert a date between calendars?
The calendar converter shows any date from 1900 to 2099 in all 14 calendars and converts a date from another calendar to the Gregorian one. Each calendar page also has its own converter in both directions.