Lunisolar Calendars
A lunisolar calendar is a calendar in many cultures whose date indicates both the moon phase and the time of the solar year. If the solar year is defined as a tropical year, then a lunisolar calendar will give an indication of the season; if it is taken as a sidereal year, then the calendar will predict the constellation near which the full moon may occur. Usually there is an additional requirement that the year have a whole number of months, in which case most years have 12 months but every second or third year has 13.
Read more about Lunisolar Calendars: Examples, Determining Leap Months, Calculating A Leap Month, Lunisolar Calendars With Uncounted Time, Gregorian Lunisolar Calendar, See Also
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