This lunisolar calendar is used by many ancient cultures and religions and it's the calendar used to determine the Lunar New Year—that's why the holiday falls on different dates each year.

The Lunar New Year marks the beginning of spring and the new year on something called the lunisolar calendar.

But according to researchers, the markings could be evidence of two big findings: The ancient pillar could be the world’s oldest lunisolar calendar, and it may serve as a memorial to a comet ...

Ugadi, the Telugu New Year, is celebrated by Hindus primarily in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka, marking the start of the lunisolar calendar in March or April. In Maharashtra and Goa, it ...

Celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar months of Ashvin and Kartika, Diwali usually falls between mid-October and mid-November. In 2024, this vibrant festival will take place on October 31 ...

What is Lunar New Year? Modern China actually uses a Gregorian calendar like most of the rest of the world. Its holidays, however, are governed by its traditional lunisolar calendar, which may ...

The Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 29 this year. NPR wants to know what traditions you uphold to ensure good luck in the year to come.

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The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival — often referred to as Chinese New Year — signals the start of a new year and the coming of spring for the lunisolar calendar.

The 13,000-year-old carvings found in Turkey track the phases of the sun, moon and constellations, making it the earliest known lunisolar calendar.

Archaeology & History Is This the World’s Earliest Lunisolar Calendar? Göbekli Tepe, the famed 11,000-year-old ruins in Southern Türkiye, has yielded surprising new discoveries.