Thousands in Taiwan and China have celebrated the Lantern Festival, a holiday that marks the end of the Lunar New Year period and is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar ...

Shab-e-Barat, observed on the 15th night of Sha’ban, is a significant day in Islam for seeking forgiveness and divine ...

Shab-e-Barat, also known as the Night of Forgiveness, will be observed from February 13 to 14, 2025. Muslims engage in prayers, repentance, and charity on this night, seeking forgiveness and blessings ...

The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February became the odd month out.

Members of a traditional art troupe join hands to perform the ancient Korean dance "ganggangsullae," while a "daljip," or a heap of straw or twigs, is set on fire at Haeundae Beach in the southeastern ...

The Snow Moon will rise today on Feb 12 in the east at sunset and arrive at its highest point around midnight. It's called Snow Moon since it rises in one of the snowiest months in the US ...

People attend a "Wulong Xuhua" show to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

The Arabic term Ramadan connotes intense heat. It seems that in pre-Islamic Arabia, Ramadan was the name of a scorching hot summer month. In the Islamic calendar, however, the timing of Ramadan varies ...

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in ...

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the ...