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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. However, this is not the case.
Several sinospheric cultures new year is based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar:
* Chinese New Year
* Japanese New Year (before 1873)
* Korean New Year (Seollal)
* Losar, Tibetan New Year
* Tết (Vietnamese New Year)
* Tsagaan Sar, Mongolian Lunar New Year
Other cultures use different methods to determine their new year:
* Islamic New Year — This may be the only major new year celebration that is based on a purely lunar calendar
* Rosh Hashanah — In the Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on the 29th day of the month of Elul
* Thai New Year (Songkran) — Although the traditional Thai calendar is also lunisolar, Songkran is determined on a purely solar basis
* Sinhala and Tamil new year celebrated in Sri Lanka coincides with Thai New Year. It is based on an astrological event within lunisolar calendar
* Ugadi & Gudi Padwa — This is the New Years Day for the Deccan people of India, who also use a lunisolar calendar
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