Japanese Calendar (Era Names)

Today in the Japanese (Era Names) calendar

Reiwa 8, 19 October

Gregorian: Monday 19 October 2026

About this calendar

Japan uses Gregorian months and days with years counted by imperial era. The current era, Reiwa, began on 1 May 2019, so Reiwa 1 was 2019. Earlier eras were Heisei (1989-2019), Showa (1926-1989) and Taisho (1912-1926).