Pradosh Vrat is observed on March 27, coinciding with Rang Teras, a festival celebrated with devotion and joy. Shani Amavasya ...

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

2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, the sixth animal on the 12-year cycle. The snake is meant to symbolize wisdom, growth and renewal. The snake has the ability to shed its skin, which shows ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

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.

This variability is due to the differences in how months are calculated in lunar versus solar calendars. Gregorian New Year: The Gregorian calendar has a fixed start date for the new year on ...

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 ...

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 ...