Happy Lunar New Year! According to the Chinese lunisolar calendar, the new year began Saturday. For many, like our host Regina G. Barber, this... The science and shared history behind the Gregorian ...

When is the Lunar New Year 2025? The date of Lunar New Year varies from year to year. This year, it begins on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, whereas in 2024, it began in February. Typically, this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. As today's full moon—the “Wolf Moon”—rises in the east ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Do you know which Chinese Lunar New Year animal you are?

Spring may be more than three weeks away on the astronomical calendar, but the spring festival begins Tuesday with a new year (4717) on the Chinese calendar. There are essentially three types of ...

The Times Square ball drop and elaborate firework celebrations across the world may have ushered in the New Year of 2026 but the Year of the Horse on the Chinese calendar is yet to begin. The Chinese ...

Chinese New Year 2026: The Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the world. In 2026, roughly a quarter of the global ...

Chinese New Year 2026, also known as the Lunar New Year, marks the beginning of a new year according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. The upcoming year of the Fire Horse begins on 17 ...