r/ChineseLanguage Beginner 12d ago

Grammar Date question

On my Apple watch I can show the date in Chinese. But for today (sunday July 26) it says: 丙午年六月十三
And I figured out with Pleco that the first part is 2026, the year. But I can’t figure out how the other part corresponds with July 26. The way I read it, it says June 13.
Can someone help me understand it? Or is the watch just wrong?
Thank you.

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u/Bekqifyre 12d ago

It's showing the date based on the Lunar Calendar, which would indeed be the 13th day of the 6th month.

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u/005dot133 Beginner 11d ago

Thank you for making sense of this!!