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.

A lunar month is the period of time from one new moon to the next — about 29.5 days — so the lunar calendar doesn't precisely align with the common one where most months span 30 or 31 days.

While the moon has four primary phases each month ... This means that one lunar rotation on its axis corresponds to the time of revolution around Earth, equal to 29.5 days. On a daily basis ...

The 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar marks the Lantern Festival. The moon is full in the sky, and ...

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is a time of fasting, reflection, prayer and community for Muslims around the world.

The date, unlike the 365-day Gregorian Calendar that starts ... Minh Truong, 5, shows red envelopes to his dad Thanh,containing a dollar bill given during Lunar New Year festival, symbolizing ...

China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak ... of the snake in the 12-month lunar calendar, comes on Wednesday ...