For nearly 500 years, most of the world recognized the first of January as New Year's Day.

The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is based on cycles of the moon and falls on a different day every year. In 2024, the Year of the Dragon begins on Feb. 10. It marks the start of ...

2024 is a leap year, which means that this February will have an extra day tacked onto the end. But why February? Why not put Leap Day at the beginning of the year, say Jan. 0, or at the end, Dec. 32?

On Jan. 22, 2023, more than a billion people globally will welcome the Year of the Rabbit – or the Year of Cat, depending on which cultural traditions they follow – as the start of the Lunar New Year.

CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- Happy Year of the Snake from ABC 7 New York! The rain didn't stop community members, families and friends from gathering for the 27th annual Lunar New Year Parade in ...