Lunar New Year refers to the beginning of the year in several calendars. It is commonly assumed that they are all based on a lunar calendar, although some are actually based on 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
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