How to Use lunisolar in a Sentence

lunisolar

adjective

• The first day of Hanukkah is always on the 25th day of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar which is lunisolar — based on the movements of the sun and moon.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
• The Lantern Festival marks the end of the holiday and first full moon of the lunisolar calendar.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2023
• The first day of this Chinese New Year, based on the lunisolar calendar, was Saturday.
  — Tomoya Shimura, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2017
• The dates are calculated via the lunisolar calendar, which accounts both for the movement of the sun through the zodiac and the moon’s cycles.
  — The Conversation, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2022
• This year’s Lunar New Year, which follows the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar, falls on February 1.
  — Cheryl Tiu, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Entwined with the Chinese legend of Chang'e, goddess of the moon, the festival follows the Chinese lunisolar calendar, falling on the 15th day of the eighth month.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
• The date, unlike the 365-day Gregorian Calendar that starts on Jan. 1, aligns with the lunisolar cycle, in which months are based off moon phases.
  — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2022
• Both Easter and Passover follow a schedule that aligns with the moon’s phases and the sun’s position in the sky, known as the lunisolar calendar, according to the Farmer’s Almanac.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 5 Apr. 2022
• Lunar New Year is an annual celebration marking the arrival of spring and the start of the new year on the lunisolar calendar.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2023
• The holiday falls on the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice, marking the start of a new annual cycle based on the lunisolar calendar, and a way to welcome the beginning of spring.
  — Time, 20 Jan. 2023
• Holi is a national holiday that usually occurs in March on the last full moon day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month.
  — Lisa Marie Segarra, Time, 2 Mar. 2018
• Just like much of the world celebrates the beginning of a new calendar year on January 1, those who celebrate the Lunar New Year welcome the beginning of the new lunisolar year.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2024
• The Chinese zodiac cycle consists of 12 animal signs, one for each lunisolar year.
  — Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 27 Jan. 2020
• The holiday is referred to as the Lunar New Year because the date is determined by the lunisolar calendar (a calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and the sun) traditionally followed in east Asian countries.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2022
• Although holidays on solar and lunisolar calendars occur in the same season every year, Muslim holidays can be enjoyed in all four seasons over the course of some 40 years.
  — Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 18 Apr. 2022
• Her multicultural church is planning a dinner as part of the coming Lantern Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunisolar Chinese calendar month.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
• The exact date of Passover changes every year, because the Jewish calendar is lunisolar, rather than following the 365-day solar cycle of the Gregorian calendar.
  — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 7 Mar. 2023
• Solar calendars have an extra day added in during leap years and lunisolar calendars typically have a thirteenth month added in during leap years to keep the moon phases consistent with seasons.
  — Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 18 Apr. 2022
• Lunar New Year is one of the most important holidays in many countries that historically used lunisolar calendars.
  — Vivian Lam, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• Jewish people welcome the new year in September or October, not January, in observance of the lunisolar Hebrew calendar.
  — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 18 Sep. 2020
• Today, the Japanese calendar is organized around the typical temperate-zone four seasons, but originally Japan used the Chinese lunisolar calendar, which has 24.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2023
• Based on the Hindu lunisolar calendar, Diwali typically falls in late October or early November.
  — Meena Venkataramanan, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
• These timepieces highlight Chinese tradition with a unique combination of the country’s lunisolar calendar and a Gregorian calendar date indication.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2022
• However, Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew, or lunisolar, calendar.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024