Meanings
plural lunisolar calendars
- A calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun, which defines the year.
The holidays are all happening within two days this year because several long solar, lunar and lunisolar calendar cycles sync up.
2026 February 16, Alicia Eler, “Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Lent in rare alignment this year. The holidays follow different solar and lunar calendars, but some of them sync up in 2026”, in Minnesota Star Tribune, archived from the original on 16 Feb 20261 more example
We adopted the Babylonian lunisolar calendar in order to make sure that Pesaḥ fell in the spring, Shavuot at the first fruits, and Sukkot at harvest time.
2024, David Golinkin, “What Is The Purpose And History Of Adar II”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 88
Translations
Catalan calendari lunisolar
- calendari lunisolarcalendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
Chinese Cantonese 陰陽曆 /阴阳历
- 陰陽曆 /阴阳历 (jam¹ joeng⁴ lik⁶)calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
Chinese Mandarin 陰陽曆 /阴阳历
- 陰陽曆 /阴阳历 (yīnyánglì)calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
Danish lunisolarkalender
- lunisolarkalendercalendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
Finnish kuu-aurinkokalenteri
- kuu-aurinkokalentericalendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
French calendrier luni-solaire
- calendrier luni-solairecalendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
Japanese 太陰太陽暦, 陰暦
- 太陰太陽暦 (taiin taiyōreki)calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
- 陰暦 (inreki)calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
- 旧暦 (kyūreki)calendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
Portuguese calendário lunissolar
- calendário lunissolarcalendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
Spanish calendario lunisolar
- calendario lunisolarcalendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
Swedish lunisolarkalender
- lunisolarkalendercalendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
Vietnamese âm dương lịch
- âm dương lịchcalendar based on the movement of the Earth and the Moon around the Sun
Cite this entry
lunisolar calendar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunisolar%20calendar
“lunisolar calendar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunisolar%20calendar. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lunisolar calendar,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunisolar%20calendar.
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