Lunar Calendar

culture-calendar

The lunar year is a calendar system based on cycles of the Moon, and Lunar Year 2025 marks a continuing tradition of counting time by lunations rather than by the solar Gregoria...

culture

Chinese New Year 2018 marked the start of the Year of the Dog on 16 February 2018, kicking off a 15-day celebration rooted in lunar calendar astronomy rather than a fixed date....

culture

The Chinese zodiac is a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs rooted in the traditional East Asian lunisolar calendar. Each year is associated with one animal in a fixed seque...

Lunar Phenomena

The full moon in July is usually called the Buck Moon, coinciding with the male deer’s new antlers growing in July. Other regional and traditional names include Hay Moon, Thun...

culture-traditions

The Lunar New Year is an East and Southeast Asian festival that follows the lunisolar calendar year, marking a time of renewal, family gathering, and cultural continuity. Unlike...

culture

Chinese zodiac months are defined by the traditional lunisolar calendar, not the Gregorian calendar. Each year contains 12 or 13 lunar months, and the zodiac animal of the year...

timekeeping

The difference between solar and lunar calendar systems is rooted in what astronomical cycle each one follows to track the year. A solar calendar is based on the Earth’s orbit...

Chinese Calendar

The Year of the Snake end date depends on the lunisolar calendar used in East Asian traditions, not a fixed Gregorian date. Each year runs from the Chinese New Year day until th...

culture-and-tradition

The Chinese zodiac pairs 12 animal signs with a repeating 12-year cycle, each year also aligned with one of five elements and a yin/yang polarity. This guide explains how animal...

culture-and-tradition

The Year of the Dragon refers to one of the 12-year cycle zodiac signs in East Asian traditions, notably the Chinese lunar calendar, Vietnamese zodiac (m?i), and other regional...