Lunar New Year (abbreviated as "LNY") refers to the beginning of the year in several calendars, based on a lunar calendar or a lunisolar calendar.
These new year celebrations sometimes fall on or near the same day of the Gregorian year:
- Chinese New Year
- Japanese New Year (before 1873)
- Korean New Year (Seol-nal)
- Mongolian New Year
- Tibetan New Year
- Vietnamese New Year (Tết)
These celebrations fall on other days:
- Burmese New Year (Thingyan): Lunisolar new year falls in April; similar to Cambodian, Lao, Sri Lankan and Thai new years
- Cambodian New Year, similar to Burmese, Lao, Sri Lankan and Thai
- Islamic New Year
- Jewish New Year, in the Jewish tradition, begins at sundown at the end of the 29th day of the month of Elul
- Lao New Year, similar to Burmese, Cambodian, Sri Lankan and Thai
- Sinhala and Tamil New Year, similar to Burmese, Cambodian, Lao, and Thai
- Thai New Year (Songkran), similar to Burmese, Cambodian, Lao and Sri Lankan
- Ugadi and Gudi Padwa, Lunisolar New Year's Day for the Deccan people of India
Famous quotes containing the words lunar and/or year:
“A bird half wakened in the lunar noon
Sang halfway through its little inborn tune.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Jerry: She’s one of those third-year girls that gripe my liver.
Milo: Third-year girls?
Jerry: Yeah, you know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year and lap up a little culture. They give me a swift pain.
Milo: Why?
Jerry: They’re officious and dull. They’re always making profound observations they’ve overheard.”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)