The phases of the moon change the appearance of the night sky across a lunar month, and this too can be used to ... The Borana people of East Africa later based a complex calendar on observations of ...

Lunar New Year celebrations begin Wednesday. Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake.

It's an auspicious year for roosters, a great year for horses to get married and a good year for pigs to travel ...

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng has reintroduced measures to make the Lunar New Year a federal holiday in conjunction with a resolution ...

Lunar New Year, often called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China and many other ...

Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly ...

The holiday, rooted in lunar calendar traditions, marks the start of a new year based on the phases of the moon. As a result, its date varies annually. This year, the celebration ushers in the ...

According to the lunar calendar, each year is represented by a zodiac sign. The 2023 Chinese New Year is the Year of the Rabbit. A US school district has unanimously voted to add Diwali ...

As Chinese New Year begins, its a perfect time to reflect on what the upcoming year holds. Lunar New Year, also known as ...

Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans approximately 29 days with ...

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.Marking the first new moon of the lunar calendar, Lunar New Year falls on Wednesday, Jan. 29 this year. The day kicks off the 15-day Spring Festival.

It's the start of a new calendar year, and as time marches on through 2025, the lunar phases and celestial events await. This report highlights the lunar phases with dates and times for the full ...