Tibetan years conversion program

Toy tool to convert between Tibetan year descriptions and Gregorian years.

values for element and animal

In order to keep this tool focused, we don't manipulate names, only integers. Our conventions are:

• year in Rabjung: first year of the Rabjung is numbered 1
• animals and elements are in their usual order, starting at Rabbit and Fire respectively, represented by integers starting at 0

For for instance 2019:

• year in Rabjung: 33
• animal: 8 (Pig)
• element: 1 (Earth)
• rabjung: 17

Formula behind the calculation

Computing the formula of the year in rabjung from the element + animal has been a fun exercise. The solution that is usually pointed to is this one which looks very esoteric so here we demonstrate our formula twice:

• through intuitive and visual explanation
• through algebra