光子带或光子环来自于新纪元运动的信仰内容。其主张地球将在2012年12月22日完全进入光子带，并认为这一交互作用将导致长达2至3日的极昼或极夜，其间电气设备将大范围地失效。

该信仰主张:

The Photon Belt (also called the Photon Band, Photon Ring, Manasic Ring, or Golden Nebula) is a spiritual belief, largely linked to some parts of the New Age Movement. It postulates that a belt or ring of photons is going to envelop the Earth, causing a cataclysm and/or initiating a spiritual transition, with the time period leading up to "the Shift" referred to as "The Quickening." The concept of the Photon Belt also ties into various phenomena including belief in extraterrestrial intelligence and 2012 millenarianism.