How to Add Korean Calendars (24 Solar Terms, Lunar Calendar)

by Rian

It’s that time of the year: the holidays and the calendars. Before we begin, I do want to emphasize the links I am sharing are not “universal”. As I was going through different kinds of calendars, one thing I noticed was that a lot of English sources often lumped “solar terms” as one and “lunar calendar” as one as well. They are not. Don’t be surprised to find out even though they are using the same ‘lunar calendar’ name, each calendar even have different dates for the new years. Anyone wise in the ways of ordering stuffs from abroad would tell you it can backfire spectacularly.

The one I am sharing is the one currently used in South Korea. Again, do double check if the calendar you need is for South Korea. Some of the Korean threads I’ve read were even dissecting some lunar calendars only to find out it’s Chinese, Japanese, or some arbitrary astrology calendar.

Both macOS and iOS calendar apps support subscribing to external links. Any calendar apps that support ics will be able to subscribe. Also, the threads and blog posts I’ve found assumed the calendar is maintained by Google. Upon reading the ics file, there is a Korean blog linked in it. I’m not sure if this is a personal project or one of Google’s, but shout out to whoever made it. (note: the blog post also had a link for Korean holidays, but Apple’s default Korean holiday calendar is holding up fine for me, so I skipped it)

• 24절기 (24 Solar terms):

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/rs7366d16ssa2eo7bj22ivepps%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

• 24절기 + 음력 5일단위 (Solar terms with every 5 lunar days marked)

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/pd4kptmef56cqpc5mcs1g30lhc%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

• 24절기 + 음력 10일단위 (likewise, but every 10 lunar days)

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/osehn80vre03m2u6knt7r8u6v4%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

• 24절기 + 음력 15일단위 (likewise, but every 15 lunar days)

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/qbldfk7vonnik7osj7q8nfnn1o%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

Again, do double check what kind of calendar you need. If you are having trouble finding a lunar calendar, another search term I found was “lunisolar calendar”.