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Lunisolar · zodiac rolls at Lunar New Year

A lunisolar calendar matching lunar months to the solar terms, with leap months to stay aligned; each month opens on the day of the new moon, so the full moon always falls near its middle — the New Year falls between late January and mid-February. Years run through a 60-year cycle of ten stems and twelve branches — the zodiac animals.

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