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The 35 pages that link to Lunar calendar, each with the reason it gives.

• Japanese calendarCompared with: Unlike the Japanese lunisolar calendar, a purely lunar calendar shifts through the seasons.

• IntercalationCompared with: Unlike lunisolar systems, a purely lunar calendar lets months move through the seasons.

• Lunar phaseRelated: Its months commonly begin near new moon or the first visible crescent.

• Lunisolar calendarCompared with: Unlike a lunisolar calendar, it allows calendar dates to drift through the seasons.

• Synodic monthRelated: The pure lunar month of 29 or 30 days is the synodic month made into civil timekeeping.

• Lunar monthRelated: Its month boundaries are based on the phase cycle described by the lunar month.

• MoonRelated: The Moon’s repeating phases provide a natural cycle used to organize dates.

• RamadanRelated: Its shorter year makes Ramadan move through the seasons over time.

• Eid al-FitrNarrower topic: The Islamic calendar sets Eid al-Fitr’s date by the lunar month of Shawwal.

• MoonlightRelated: Recurring moonlight patterns made lunar phases useful for marking time.

• Buddhist calendarNarrower topic: Its lunar months provide the framework for many Buddhist observances.

• Full moonRelated: Many lunar calendars use full moons to mark months or festivals.

• SawmRelated: Ramadan shifts through the solar year because the Islamic calendar is lunar.

• UposathaNarrower topic: Uposatha dates recur according to lunar phases rather than a fixed weekly schedule.

• Draconic monthRelated: Its month follows the synodic cycle, not the shorter draconic cycle.

• MonthCompared with: Its months track lunar cycles rather than fixed positions in a solar year.

• Solar calendarCompared with: Its months follow lunar phases rather than remaining fixed to the seasons.

• ChuseokRelated: Chuseok falls on a fixed lunar-calendar date, so its Gregorian date changes yearly.

• Naked-eye astronomyRelated: The Moon's changing appearance is a conspicuous naked-eye measure of the passing month.

• Saros cycleCompared with: The Saros counts lunar months for eclipse recurrence, not calendar years or seasonal alignment.

• Tally marksRelated: One interpretation of prehistoric notched bones is that they tracked days or lunar cycles.

• BirthdayCompared with: Lunar dates shift against the solar year, so birthdays can fall on different civil dates.

• FebruaryCompared with: Its month lengths follow lunar cycles rather than February’s fixed Gregorian pattern.

• Harvest MoonRelated: Lunar calendars can place full moons near seasonal markers, though their months drift against the solar year.

• Orbit of the MoonRelated: The synodic month supplies the repeating interval underlying lunar months.

• Islamic New YearNarrower topic: The Islamic year follows lunar months rather than the solar year.

• Lunar deityRelated: Lunar deities often anchor the sacred months and festivals measured by these cycles.

• Buddha's BirthdayRelated: Lunar dating explains why many communities mark the festival on different Gregorian dates.

• DecemberCompared with: Lunar observances such as Hanukkah can fall on different December dates from year to year.

• Double Ninth FestivalRelated: The festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month in the traditional Chinese calendar.

• History of calendarsRelated: Lunar cycles provided one of the earliest widely observed measures of time.

• SetsubunNarrower topic: Setsubun’s date shifts because its seasonal observance follows a lunisolar calendar.

• TanabataRelated: Traditional Tanabata falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

• Hijri eraNarrower topic: The Hijri era’s traditional calendar belongs to this broader calendar family.

• Star and crescentRelated: The crescent’s calendrical role is often confused with the emblem’s separate political history.