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The International Lunar Calendar or International Lunation Calendar (ILC) is an optional subset of the International Calendar (IC), hence a standardized variant of the proleptic Gregorian calendar (PGC). It runs in parallel with the International Month Calendar (IMC), the International Week Calendar (IWC), the International Day Calendar (IDC) and the International Season Calendar (IAC/IZC). It effectively is a standardized and edited variant of the Gregorian Lunar Calendar.


The lunation year has 354 days in a common year and either 383 in a short leap year or 384 days in a long leap year. It’s divided into 12 months of systematic, alternating length: 30 and 29 days with certain exceptions. Weeks are not used with the IMC. The date notation specified in IC is commonly used for the ILC, but is not a mandatory part of it.


The lunar year contains either 12 or 13 complete lunar months. A lunar month or lunation has 29 or 30 days. Although it can be astronomically defined exactly from new moon to new moon, e.g. at a reference point like 0° 0°, with a day belonging to the lunation the majority of its hours belong to, the 12 common months of the International Lunar Calendar alternate between 30 and 29 days. Only the 13th, leap month or leap lunation, conveniently positioned at the end of the year, can differ in length: It has 29 or, slightly more often, 30 days in order to synchronize with astronomic reality. A lunar month belongs to the month year the majority of its days (15 to 29 or 30) fall into. A leap lunation of 30 days may never start on 17 December because it would have 15 days in the new year, i.e. that lunar month either has 29 days only or it is the first lunation of the following year.

Month lengths[]

International lunar month lengths compared to cognates
ILC Hebrew Buddhist
Label Days Short Long Early
short
Early
long
Common Leap
L01 30 29 29 29 29 30 30
L02 29 30 30 29 29 29 29
L03 30 30 29 30 30 30 30
L04 29 29 30 30 29 29 29
L05 30 30 29 29 30 30 30
L06 29 29 30 30 29 29/30 29/30
L07 30 30 29 29 30 30 30
L08 29 29 30 30 29 29 30
L09 30 30 29 29 30 30 29
L10 29 29/30 30 30 29 29 30
L11 30 30/29 29/30 29/30 30 30 29
L12 29 29 30/29 30/29 29/30 29 30
L13 30/29 29 30/29 29
Σ 354;
383–384
353–355 382–384 353–355 382–384 354–355 384–385

Month numbering[]

International lunar months ordinal numbering equivalents
in common 12-month years
ILC Hebrew Chinese Buddhist
Biblical Civil Modern Earthly Civil Traditional
L01 11 05 12 02 10 02 03 04
L02 12 06 01 03 11 03 04 05
L03 01 07 02 04 12 04 05 06
L04 02 08 03 05 01 05 06 07
L05 03 09 04 06 02 06 07 08
L06 04 10 05 07 03 07 08 09
L07 05 11 06 08 04 08 09 10
L08 06 12 07 09 05 09 10 11
L09 07 01 08 10 06 10 11 12
L10 08 02 09 11 07 11 12 01
L11 09 03 10 12 08 12 01 02
L12 10 04 11 01 09 01 02 03
Offset −2 +4 −1 +1 −3 +1 +2 +3
International lunar months ordinal numbering equivalents
in leap 13-month years
ILC Hebrew Chinese Buddhist
Biblical Civil Modern Earthly Civil Traditional
L01 11 05 12 02 10 02 03 04
L02 12 06 01 03 11 03 04 05
L03 01 07 02 04 12 04 05 06
L04 02 08 03 05 01 05 06 07
L05 03 09 04 06 02 06 07 08
L06 04 10 05 07 03 07 08 09
L07 05 11 06 08 04 08 09 10
L08 06 12 07 09 05 09 10 11
L09 07 01 08 10 06 10 11 12
L10 08 02 09 11 07 11 12 13
L11 09 03 10 12 08 12 13 01
L12 10 04 11 13 09 13 01 02
L13 11 05 12 01 10 01 02 03
International lunar months ordinal numbering equivalents
after leap 13-month years
ILC Hebrew Chinese Buddhist
Biblical Civil Modern Earthly Civil Traditional
L01 12 06 13 02 11 02 03 04
L02 13 07 01 03 12 03 04 05
L03 01 08 02 04 13 04 05 06
L04 02 09 03 05 01 05 06 07
L05 03 10 04 06 02 06 07 08
L06 04 11 05 07 03 07 08 09
L07 05 12 06 08 04 08 09 10
L08 06 13 07 09 05 09 10 11
L09 07 01 08 10 06 10 11 12
L10 08 02 09 11 07 11 12 01
L11 09 03 10 12 08 12 01 02
L12 10 04 11 01 09 01 02 03


Month names[]

West Asian and European traditions[]

The various Muslim or Islamic Hijri calendars in current use always have 12 months per year, although previous local calendars did have intercalation (Nasi’). In the Tabular Islamic calendar, there are alternating 30:29 days in a month, and the final, twelfth month has 30 days in a leap year which happens 11 times in each 30-year leap cycle (by one of several established patterns). Their mapping to L01 through L12 or L13 therefore differs every year from the previous one.

The Jewish or Hebrew year is more closely related to the concept of the ILC except that both its month numbering variants are different, as is the point of astronomic reference (i.e. Jerusalem). Ecclesiastical Jewish counting begins with Nisan (L03–L05), while civil Israeli counting starts with Tishrei (L09–L11). The month lengths are fixed except that one day may be shifted from Kislev to Cheshvan to comply with certain holiday restrictions.

The lunar calendar implied by the Christian Easter Computus is similar in that its Easter month almost always matches Hebrew Nisan.

International lunar months with Hebrew equivalents
ILC Short, common year Long, leap year Early common year Early leap year
L01 Shevat Tevet
L02 Adar Adar I Shevat
L03 Nisan Adar II Adar Adar I
L04 Iyar Nisan Adar II
L05 Sivan Iyar Nisan
L06 Tammuz Sivan Iyar
L07 Av Tammuz Sivan
L08 Elul Av Tammuz
L09 Tishrei Elul Av
L10 Cheshvan Tishrei Elul
L11 Kislev Cheshvan Tishrei
L12 Tevet Kislev Cheshvan
L13 Tevet Kislev
Hebrew months with international lunar equivalents
Name(s) Normal year Early year
Modern Biblical Common Leap Common Leap
Shevat L01 L02
Adar L02 L02
L03
L03 L03
L04
Nis(s)an Aviv L03 L04 L05
Iyar Ziv L04 L05 L06
Sivan L05 L06 L07
Tammuz L06 L07 L08
Av L07 L08 L09
Elul L08 L09 L10
Tishrei Eitanim L09 L10 L11
H/Cheshvan Bul L10 L11 L12
K/Chislev L11 L12 L13
Tevet L12 L13 L01

European traditions for naming the lunations are somewhat less formalized. The following are inspired existing calendars as noted.

Colloquial English names
ILC English Coligny Celtic
L01 Wolf Rivros Riùr
L02 Snow Anagantios Naghaid
L03 Lent Ogronios Uarain
L04 Egg Cutios Cuithe
L05 Milk Giamonios Geamhain
L06 Flower Semivisonna Siùfainn
L07 Hay Equos Eacha
L08 Grain Elembivos Eilmì
L09 Harvest Edrinios Aodhrain
L10 Hunter Cantlos Cadal
L11 Blood Samonius Samhain
L12 Yule Dumannos Dumhain
L13 Blue Rantarios Eadràn

South and East Asian traditions[]

The traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar also has the full moon in the middle of each month. Its year usually starts with the second new moon after the Northern winter solstice. Each month can be repeated as a leap month and has either 29 or 30 days. The traditional division of a month into three week-like periods, called 旬 (xún, jun, sun), of 10ish days each is not supported. The Chinese solar terms or – incorrectly – “fortnights”, i.e. half-Zodiacs lasting a 15° portion of the ecliptic, which is 15 or 16 days, are not supported (yet) either.

International lunar months with Chinese 月 yuè equivalents in common years
ILC Modern Phenological Earthly branch
L01 臘/腊 冰 ‘ice’ 🐮🐂 ‘ox, bull’, 🐄 ‘cow’, 🐃 ‘(water) buffalo’ – cattle
L02 陬 ‘corner’ 🐯🐅 ‘tiger’, 🐆 ‘leopard’ / 🐺 ‘wolf’ – predator
L03 杏 ‘apricot’ 🐰🐇 ‘rabbit, hare’ / 🐱🐈 ‘cat’ – pet
L04 桃 ‘peach’ 🐲🐉 ‘dragon’ / 🐊 ‘crocodile’ / 🐟 ‘fish’ / 🐳🐋 ‘whale’ / 🦈 ‘shark’ / 🦛 ‘hippopotamus’ / 🐌 ‘snail’ / 🦅 ‘eagle’ – aquatic/avian beast
L05 梅 ‘plum’ 🐍 ‘snake, serpent’
L06 榴 ‘pomegranate’ 🐴🐎 ‘horse’
L07 荷 ‘lotus’ 🐐 ‘goat’, 🐑🐏 ‘sheep, ram’ – wooly
L08 蘭/兰 ‘orchid’ 🐵🐒 ‘monkey’ / 🐢 ‘turtle’ / 🦔 ‘hedgehog’
L09 桂 ‘osmanthus’ 🐔🐓 ‘rooster, chicken, hen’ / 🐦 ‘bird‘ – poultry
L10 菊 ‘chrysanthemum’ 🐶🐕 ‘dog’
L11 露 ‘dew’ 🐷🐖 ‘pig, hog’, 🐗 ‘boar’ / 🐘 ‘elephant’ / 🫎 ‘deer’ / 🐢 ‘tortoise’ – game
L12 冬 ‘winter’ /
葭 ‘reed’
🐭🐀 ‘rat’, 🐁 ‘mouse’ / 🐫🐪 ‘camel’ – pest

The Buddhist calendar variants also have lunar months. While modern counting starts with the month equivalent to L04 (after the Northern vernal equinox) in common years, most traditions start the month count with L12, but some also with L11 or L10. There is no dedicated leap month, instead the month equivalent to L07 is repeated traditionally and always has 30 days. The preceding month, equivalent to L06, may be lengthened from 29 to 30 days.

International lunar months with Buddhist equivalents
Common Leap Pali Sanskrit Burmese Khmer Lao Sinhala Thai
L01 L01 Phussa Pausha, Pauṣa ပြာသို បុស្ស ປຸສສ දුරුතු ปุสส
L02 L02 Māgha Māgha တပို့တွဲ មាឃ ມາດ නවම් มาฆ
L03 L03 Phagguṇa Phālguna တပေါင်း ផល្គុន ຜັກຄຸນ මැදින් ผัคคุณ
L04 L04 Citta Chaitra, Caitra တန်ခူး ចេត្រ ຈິຕ බක් จิตร
L05 L05 Vesākha Vaisakha, Vaiśākha ကဆုန် ពិសាខ ວິສາຂະ වෙසක් วิสาข
L06 L06 Jeṭṭha Jyeshta, Jyaiṣṭha နယုန် ជេស្ឋ ເຊດ පොසොන් เชษฐ
L07 L07
L08
Āsāḷha Aashaadha, Āṣāḍha ဝါဆို អាសាឍ ອາສາລະຫະ ඇසළ อาสาฬห
L08 L09 Sāvaṇa Shraavana, Śrāvaṇa ဝါခေါင် ស្រាពណ៍ ສາວະນະ නිකිණි สาวน
L09 L10 Poṭṭhapāda Bhaadra, Bhādrapada / Proṣṭhapāda တော်သလင်း ភទ្របទ ພັດທະຣະບົດ බිනර ภัทรบท
L10 L11 Assayuja Ashvin, Āśvina သီတင်းကျွတ် អស្សុជ ອັດສະວະຍຸດ වප් อัศวยุช
L11 L12 Kattika Kārtika တန်ဆောင်မုန်း កត្តិក ກັດຕິກາ ඉල් กัตติกา
L12 L13 Māgasira Agrahayana / Mārgaśirṣa နတ်တော် មិគសិរ ມິຄະສິນ උඳුවප් มิคสิร

Types of years[]

Brief overview of year types
Type First date Last date Days Lunations Possible following year types
S01 Dec17 Jan03 383 13 C08, C07*
S02 Dec18 Jan04 383 13 C09, C08*
S03 Dec19 Jan05 383 13 C10, C09*
S04 Dec20 Jan06 383 13 C11, C10*
S05 Dec21 Jan07 383 13 C12, C11*
S06 Dec22 Jan08 383 13 C13, C12*
S07 Dec23 Jan09 383 13 C14, C13*
S08 Dec24 Jan10 383 13 C15, C14*
S09 Dec25 Jan11 383 13 C16, C15*
S10 Dec26 Jan12 383 13 C17, C16*
S11 Dec27 Jan13 383 13 C18, C17*
S12 Dec28 Jan14 383 13 C19, C18*
L01 Dec17 Jan04 384 13 C09, C08*
L02 Dec18 Jan05 384 13 C10, C09*
L03 Dec19 Jan06 384 13 C11, C10*
L04 Dec20 Jan07 384 13 C12, C11*
L05 Dec21 Jan08 384 13 C13, C12*
L06 Dec22 Jan09 384 13 C14, C13*
L07 Dec23 Jan10 384 13 C15, C14*
L08 Dec24 Jan11 384 13 C16, C15*
L09 Dec25 Jan12 384 13 C17, C16*
L10 Dec26 Jan13 384 13 C18, C17*
L11 Dec27 Jan14 384 13 C19, C18*
C01 Dec28 Dec16 354 12 S01, S01*, L01, L01*
C02 Dec29 Dec17 354 12 S02, S02*, L02, L02*
C03 Dec30 Dec18 354 12 S03, S03*, L03, L03*
C04 Dec31 Dec19 354 12 S04, S04*, L04, L04*
C05 Jan01 Dec20 354 12 S05, S05*, L05, L05*
C06 Jan02 Dec21 354 12 S06, S06*, L06, L06*
C07 Jan03 Dec22 354 12 S07, S07*, L07, L07*
C08 Jan04 Dec23 354 12 S08, S08*, L08, L08*
C09 Jan05 Dec24 354 12 S09, S09*, L09, L09*
C10 Jan06 Dec25 354 12 S10, S10*, L10, L10*
C11 Jan07 Dec26 354 12 S11, S11*, L11, L11*
C12 Jan08 Dec27 354 12 S12, S12*, L12*, C01
C13 Jan09 Dec28 354 12 C02, C01*
C14 Jan10 Dec29 354 12 C03, C02*
C15 Jan11 Dec30 354 12 C04, C03*
C16 Jan12 Dec31 354 12 C05, C04*
C17 Jan13 Jan01 354 12 C06, C05*
C18 Jan14 Jan02 354 12 C07, C06*
C19 Jan15 Jan03 354 12 C08, C07*
S01* Dec17 Jan02 383 13 C07
S02* Dec18 Jan03 383 13 C08
S03* Dec19 Jan04 383 13 C09
S04* Dec20 Jan05 383 13 C10
S05* Dec21 Jan06 383 13 C11
S06* Dec22 Jan07 383 13 C12
S07* Dec23 Jan08 383 13 C13
S08* Dec24 Jan09 383 13 C14
S09* Dec25 Jan10 383 13 C15
S10* Dec26 Jan11 383 13 C16
S11* Dec27 Jan12 383 13 C17
S12* Dec28 Jan13 383 13 C18
L01* Dec17 Jan03 384 13 C08
L02* Dec18 Jan04 384 13 C09
L03* Dec19 Jan05 384 13 C10
L04* Dec20 Jan06 384 13 C11
L05* Dec21 Jan07 384 13 C12
L06* Dec22 Jan08 384 13 C13
L07* Dec23 Jan09 384 13 C14
L08* Dec24 Jan10 384 13 C15
L09* Dec25 Jan11 384 13 C16
L10* Dec26 Jan12 384 13 C17
L11* Dec27 Jan13 384 13 C18
L12* Dec28 Jan14 384 13 C19
C01* Dec29 Dec16 354 12 S01, L01
C02* Dec30 Dec17 354 12 S02, L02
C03* Dec31 Dec18 354 12 S03, L03
C04* Jan01 Dec19 354 12 S04, L04
C05* Jan02 Dec20 354 12 S05, L05
C06* Jan03 Dec21 354 12 S06, L06
C07* Jan04 Dec22 354 12 S07, L07
C08* Jan05 Dec23 354 12 S08, L08
C09* Jan06 Dec24 354 12 S09, L09
C10* Jan07 Dec25 354 12 S10, L10
C11* Jan08 Dec26 354 12 S11, L11
C12* Jan09 Dec27 354 12 S12, L12, C01
C13* Jan10 Dec28 354 12 C02
C14* Jan11 Dec29 354 12 C03
C15* Jan12 Dec30 354 12 C04
C16* Jan13 Dec31 354 12 C05
C17* Jan14 Jan01 354 12 C06
C18* Jan15 Jan02 354 12 C07
Dates of lunations in common years
Type Prev. Dec. January February March April May June July August September October November December Next Jan. Type
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
S01 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 L01 S01
L01 L13 L01 L01
S02 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S02
L02 L13 L01 L02
S03 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S03
L03 L13 L01 L03
S04 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S04
L04 L13 L01 L04
S05 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S05
L05 L13 L01 L05
S06 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S06
L06 L13 L01 L06
S07 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S07
L07 L13 L01 L07
S08 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S08
L08 L13 L01 L08
S09 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S09
L09 L13 L01 L09
S10 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S10
L10 L13 L10
S11 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S11
L11 L13 L11
S12 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S12
C01 L01 C01
C02 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C02
C03 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C03
C04 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C04
C05 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C05
C06 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C06
C07 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C07
C08 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C08
C09 L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C09
C09' L13 C09'
C10 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C10
C11 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C11
C12 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C12
C13 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C13
C14 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C14
C15 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C15
C16 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C16
C17 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C17
C18 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C18
C19 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C19
Dates of lunations in leap years
Type Prev. Dec. January February March April May June July August September October November December Next Jan. Type
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
S01* L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 L01 S01*
L01* L13 L01 L01*
S02* L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S02*
L02* L13 L01 L02*
S03* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S03*
L03* L13 L01 L03*
S04* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S04*
L04* L13 L01 L04*
S05* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S05*
L05* L13 L01 L05*
S06* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S06*
L06* L13 L01 L06*
S07* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S07*
L07* L13 L01 L07*
S08* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S08*
L08* L13 L01 L08*
S09* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S09*
L09* L13 L01 L09*
S10* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S10*
L10* L13 L01 L10*
S11* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S11*
L11* L13 L11*
S12* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L13 S12*
L12* L13 L12*
C01* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C01*
C02* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C02*
C03* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C03*
C04* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C04*
C05* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C05*
C06* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C06*
C07* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C07*
C08* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C08*
C08*' L13 C08*'
C09* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C09*
C10* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C10*
C11* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C11*
C12* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C12*
C13* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C13*
C14* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C14*
C15* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C15*
C16* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C16*
C17* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C17*
C18* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09 L10 L11 L12 L01 C18*


Weeks[]

30:29 blocks by weeks, Monday start
Bim 1 Bim 2 Bim 3 Bim 4 Bim 5 Bim 6
L01
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
L03
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
L05
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
L07
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
L09
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
L11
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
L02
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29
L04
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29
L06
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29
L08
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
L10
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
L12
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29
30:29 blocks by weeks, Tuesday start
Bim 1 Bim 2 Bim 3 Bim 4 Bim 5 Bim 6
L01
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
L03
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
L05
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
L07
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
L09
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
L11
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
L02
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29
L04
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
L06
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29
L08
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29
L10
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29
L12
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
30:29 blocks by weeks, Wednesday start
Bim 1 Bim 2 Bim 3 Bim 4 Bim 5 Bim 6
L01
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
L03
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
L05
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
L07
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
L09
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
L11
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
L02
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
L04
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
L06
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29
L08
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
L10
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29
L12
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29
30:29 blocks by weeks, Thursday start
Bim 1 Bim 2 Bim 3 Bim 4 Bim 5 Bim 6
L01
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
L03
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
L05
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
L07
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
L09
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
L11
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
L02
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29
L04
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29
L06
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
L08
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
L10
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29
L12
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30:29 blocks by weeks, Friday start
Bim 1 Bim 2 Bim 3 Bim 4 Bim 5 Bim 6
L01
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
L03
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
L05
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
L07
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
L09
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
L11
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
L02
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
L04
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29
L06
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29
L08
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29
L10
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
L12
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
30:29 blocks by weeks, Saturday start
Bim 1 Bim 2 Bim 3 Bim 4 Bim 5 Bim 6
L01
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
L03
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
L05
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
L07
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
L09
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
L11
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
L02
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
L04
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29
L06
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
L08
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29
L10
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29
L12
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29
30:29 blocks by weeks, Sunday start
Bim 1 Bim 2 Bim 3 Bim 4 Bim 5 Bim 6
L01
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
L03
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
L05
01 02
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
L07
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
L09
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
L11
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
L02
01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29
L04
01 02 03
04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
L06
01 02 03 04 05 06 07
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
L08
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08 09 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29
L10
01
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
L12
01 02 03 04 05
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29


Effects on Computus[]

Dates of lunations relevant for the date of Easter
Type Prev. Dec. January February March April May June July
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
S01*, L01* L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08
S01, L01 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08
S12*, L12* L12 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08
S12, C01 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08
C12 L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07
C12* L13 L01 L02
C18* L13 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07
C19 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07

In the earliest lunation year, L01 ends on 15 January. There are nominal new moons on 16 January, 14 February and 16 (or 15 after leap day) March. The next nominal full moon (15th day of L04) is on 30 (29) March. Easter is the Sunday in 31 (30) March through 6 (5) April.

In the latest lunation year, L01 starts on 15 January. There are nominal new moons on 14 February and 15 (14) March. The next nominal full moon (15th day of L03) is on 29 (28) March. Easter is the Sunday in 30 (29) March through 5 (4) April.

Easter therefore is in L03 in all years that start after 8 (9) January and in L04 in all other years because of the date of the first nominal full moon after 21 March. Alternatively, Easter could be redefined to always occur on the Sunday in L04-16…22, for instance. That is as late as 4 (3) May in the Gregorian calendar after nominal full moon on 28 (27) April.