Lunar New Year follows the lunar calendar — in which months are determined by cycles of the moon. That means it differs from the Western new year, which is determined by the solar calendar, or the ...

This week’s new moon, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, will signal the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which this year is ...

Lunar New Year marks the beginning of a new year based on lunar or lunisolar calendars. It is often referred to as Chinese New Year, especially in China, where it is a major cultural celebration. The ...

The Lunar New Year begins Jan. 29 in the Year of the Wood Snake. Here's everything you need you need to know about your Chinese zodiac sign.

Jan. 28 marks the Lunar New Year, beginning the Year of the Snake. It's not the only lunar festival — Ramadan begins Feb. 28, Passover on April 12 and Easter on April 20.

Here's everything you need to know about the Lunar New Year. Cultures across Asia traditionally follow the lunar calendar, as opposed to the Gregorian solar calendar followed across much of the ...

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring (Chinese: 立春), the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18.

Lunar New Year is a big celebration of the start of ... Calendar (based on a calendar from the Roman Empire) which is a solar calendar. This means we track the date based on Earth’s orbit ...

Easter this year will be in late April, on Sunday, April 20. Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to a specific date. As a result, all of the related religious ...

Watch: These stars started the new year off in style. This Lunar New Year, it’s time to slither into the Year of the Wood Snake. Kicking off during the first new moon of the year, the Lunar New ...