Lunisolar

The Muslim calendar is lunar, the Gregorian is solar, but the Jewish and Chinese calendars are lunisolar, meaning that they try to cram 12 months into a tropical year. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Star festivals are celebrated in several Asian countries including Japan, China, Vietnam, and Korea in summer, on the seventh day of the seventh month or the eighth month if going by the Chinese lunisolar calendar. ❋ Michael James (2010)

The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. ❋ Michael James (2008)

In the Hindu calendar, which is lunisolar calendar, the embolismic month is called adhika maas (extra month). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Isn't this culturally insensitive to Muslims - especially given that the Islamic calendar is actually lunar, rather than lunisolar like the Chinese one? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Other common lunisolar calendars are the Hindu chāndra māna, the Buddhist calendar (used across Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar) and Hebrew calendar, so it seems a bit much. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Japanese New Year (正月, shōgatsu) was based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar and celebrated at the beginning of spring, Japanese still have a custom of sending New Year Post card and most cards have the Chinese zodiac sign of the twelve animals. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, not a lunar one. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In this nineteen-year lunisolar cycle, twelve years re - ceived twelve months each for a subtotal of 144. ❋ EDWARD ROSEN (1968)

It seems to me highly probable that the date to which all inquiries into the origin of the constellations and the zodiacal signs seems to point -- viz. 2170 B.C. -- was the date at which the Chaldæan astronomers definitely adopted the new system, the lunisolar instead of lunar division of the zodiac and of time. ❋ Unknown (1862)

According to the Chinese lunisolar calendar, this year's animal zodiac sign, the dragon, represents power, strength and wisdom. ❋ Megan Snedden (2012)

Their year accordingly was lunisolar, consisting of twelve lunar months, with an intercalation to make the whole agree with the annual course of the sun. ❋ Michael Russell (1814)

The traditional Chinese calendar is lunisolar, so dates are calculated according to both the phase of the moon and the position of the sun. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is commonly called "Lunar New Year", because it is based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar. ❋ Guttsfukk (2010)

Although often called 'lunar', the ancient Chinese calendar that these holidays are based on is actually a 'lunisolar' calendar, because it takes both the solar year and moon phase into account. ❋ Unknown (2010)