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."
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