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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 ...
Did you know that more than 1.5 billion people celebrate the Lunar New Year every year? It’s true! The holiday marks the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar, which is a calendar used in ...
Make this event extra special by sending wishes, photographs, messages, greetings, quotations, SMS, and WhatsApp or Facebook statuses to your loved ones this Year of the Snake. Happy Chinese New ...
Lunisolar calendars are used in many cultures. Some are from ancient times, used by the Inca, Babylonians, Egyptians, and Celts. Others are still in use today such as the Hebrew calendar, the ...
The second new moon after the winter solstice came and went Friday night. As you may or may not know, this milestone marks the new year on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. This calendar, which ...
Lunar New Year, also called the Spring Festival, is a holiday celebrating the beginning of the lunisolar calendar and a time to welcome spring. Thursday, July 3, 2025. Advertise Donate Submit.
Meghan Bartels is a science journalist based in New York City who covers the science happening on the surface of Earth. She can be reached via email. Last year Hanukkah started on December 24—so ...
The Lunar New Year marks the beginning of spring and the new year on something called the lunisolar calendar. That's a type of calendar historically used in China that uses the moon and the sun to ...
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 ...