| The lunar calendar is based upon the cycles of the moon and has 12 animals, one to represent each year of the lunisolar cycle. |
| Finally, it cannot be identified with periodic lunisolar effects resulting from the actual theory of gravitation. |
| In most solar and lunisolar calendars, the beginning of the year was fixed in spring or fall. |
| The Chinese Calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on calculations of the positions of the Sun and Moon. |
| No, not a typo – Monday marks the beginning of the Year of the Monkey, according to the Chinese lunisolar calendar. |
| The solar calendar is a stable component always to be found, but the attention to the lunisolar calendar needs explanation too. |
