https://daokeyi.com/en/tags/lunisolar-calendar/ Recent content in Lunisolar Calendar on Daokeyi Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US © 2026 Daokeyi Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0800 https://daokeyi.com/en/jichu/lunar-calendar/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0800 https://daokeyi.com/en/jichu/lunar-calendar/ <p>Chinese calendar dates behave differently from Gregorian ones in three visible ways: months don&rsquo;t have a fixed length, Chinese New Year lands on a different Gregorian date every year, and every two or three years a whole extra month appears. None of this is arbitrary. It follows a precise rule for keeping a <em>lunisolar</em> calendar — one that tracks the Moon and the Sun at the same time — from drifting away from the seasons.</p>