Khmer Lunar Calendar

A simple and lightweight Khmer lunar calendar.

npm install khmercal

import { lunar } from 'khmercal';

lunar(new Date())

// output
({
  day: 18,
  period: [ 3, 'R' ],
  sequence: 3,
  zodiac: 'KARL',
  years: { JE: 1383, CE: 2022, BE: 2566 },
  length: 354,
  monthLength: 30,
  month: { name: 'KÂTDĔK', index: 11 },
  months: [
    'MĬKÔSĔR', 'BŎSS',
    'MÉAKH',   'PHÂLKŬN',
    'CHÉTR',   'VĬSAKH',
    'CHÉSTH',  'ASATH',
    'SRAPÔNÂ', 'PHÔTRÔBÂT',
    'ÂSSŎCH',  'KÂTDĔK'
  ]
})

CLI

npm install -g khmercal

1. Basic output

khmercal "2022-11-11T10:11:54.654Z"

The date defaults to current date!

Result

Day: 3R (18 of 30)
Month: KÂTDĔK
Years: 2566 B.E, 1383 J.E, 2022 C.E
Days: 354 days 
Zodiac: KARL
Sequence: IV ចត្វាស័ក

2. JSON output

khmercal "2022-11-11T10:11:54.654Z" --json

{
  "day": 18,
  "period": [
    3,
    "R"
  ],
  "sequence": 3,
  "zodiac": "KARL",
  "years": {
    "JE": 1383,
    "CE": 2022,
    "BE": 2566
  },
  "length": 354,
  "monthLength": 30,
  "month": {
    "name": "KÂTDĔK",
    "index": 11
  },
  "months": [
    "MĬKÔSĔR",
    "BŎSS",
    "MÉAKH",
    "PHÂLKŬN",
    "CHÉTR",
    "VĬSAKH",
    "CHÉSTH",
    "ASATH",
    "SRAPÔNÂ",
    "PHÔTRÔBÂT",
    "ÂSSŎCH",
    "KÂTDĔK"
  ]
}

CLI Manual

khmercal [date]

Convert

Positionals:
  date  ISO Date string                            [string] [default: (default)]

Options:
      --help     Show help                                             [boolean]
      --version  Show version number                                   [boolean]
  -j, --json     JSON output                          [boolean] [default: false]

Related

• khmerword
• khmernumber
• is-khmer
• split-khmer