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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)
• Cambodian 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
• Tsagaan Sar, Mongolian lunisolar new year
• 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 Year's Day for the Deccan people of India, who also use a lunisolar calendar

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