Is the structure of Yahuwah’s luni-solar calendar the same as that used by the Chinese or the Indians? What is the difference between various luni-solar calendars?

Answer: Any lunar-solar calendar must have some point during the solar year to begin counting the lunations  again to make another year.  Those using the signs of the movement of the heavenly bodies for the measurement of time have four points in the solar year to which to anchor their count of lunations.  These are: 

1.      The vernal (spring) equinox

2.      The autumn equinox

3.      The summer solstice

4.      The winter solstice

The  Chinese first used the winter solstice, but they now usually use the second lunation after the winter solstice.  India has had so many variations of luni-solar timing that there is not any particular one that would be typical for all.  The earliest records of Sumer, Babylon, Egypt, and Assyria indicate that they all used luni-solar calandation with various anchors to the solar year.  Yahuwah’s calendar uses the vernal (spring) equinox.

For an examination of how to determine the beginning of the Biblical year, refer to "Biblical Calendation: Reckoning the New Year."