{
  "note": "Only calendars whose month and day align exactly with the Gregorian calendar are given a full date here. Hijri and Hebrew dates depend on the calculation variant (and, for Hijri, on observation), so those entries deliberately carry the YEAR RANGE only and must not be tested to the day against this file.",
  "instant": "2026-03-14T09:05:00Z",
  "gregorian": {
    "year": 2026,
    "rendered": "14 March 2026",
    "aligned": true
  },
  "calendars": [
    {
      "calendar": "japanese",
      "locale": "ja-JP",
      "era": "令和 (Reiwa)",
      "eraYear": 8,
      "rendered": "令和8年3月14日",
      "aligned": true,
      "note": "Reiwa 1 began 1 May 2019, so Gregorian 2026 is Reiwa 8 for the whole year."
    },
    {
      "calendar": "roc",
      "locale": "zh-TW",
      "era": "民國 (Minguo)",
      "eraYear": 115,
      "rendered": "民國115年3月14日",
      "aligned": true,
      "note": "Minguo year = Gregorian year - 1911."
    },
    {
      "calendar": "buddhist",
      "locale": "th-TH",
      "era": "พ.ศ. (BE)",
      "eraYear": 2569,
      "rendered": "14 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2569",
      "aligned": true,
      "note": "Thai Buddhist year = Gregorian year + 543."
    },
    {
      "calendar": "islamic",
      "locale": "ar-EG",
      "era": "هـ (AH)",
      "eraYear": 1447,
      "rendered": null,
      "aligned": false,
      "note": "1447 AH spans roughly late June 2025 to mid June 2026. Month and day depend on the variant (umalqura, civil, tbla) and are NOT asserted here."
    },
    {
      "calendar": "hebrew",
      "locale": "he-IL",
      "era": "AM",
      "eraYear": 5786,
      "rendered": null,
      "aligned": false,
      "note": "5786 AM spans autumn 2025 to autumn 2026. Month and day are NOT asserted here."
    }
  ],
  "whatToTest": "That your calendar layer returns the era and era-year above for the given instant. For the two non-aligned calendars, assert the year only and pin the variant explicitly in your own fixture."
}