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Equinox at the site of Pizzo Vento, Fondachelli Fantina, Sicily. Dita e Verës or Verëza is the Albanian pagan feast that celebrates the spring equinox: the beginning of the spring-summer period. It is traditionally celebrated throughout Albanian inhabited territories, also officially in Albania.
Vernal equinox and autumnal equinox: these classical names are direct derivatives of Latin (ver = spring, and autumnus = autumn). These are the historically universal and still most widely used terms for the equinoxes, but are potentially confusing because in the southern hemisphere the vernal equinox does not occur in spring and the autumnal ...
The spring equinox is a great time to take a road trip with friends, sign up for a class on an interesting topic, or explore a new hobby. Don't limit yourself by staying in one place or sticking ...
Spring equinox means the first official day of spring is here. Discover the science and traditions of what’s also called the vernal equinox..
The spring equinox—aka the vernal equinox or simply, “the first day of spring”—is coming up this Saturday, March 20th. In the Northern Hemisphere, this means that the sun crosses over the ...
Spring equinox or vernal equinox or variations may refer to: March equinox, the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere; September equinox, the spring equinox in ...
The Met Office explains the difference between meteorological spring and astronomical spring
In contrast to the common usage of spring/vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the celestial coordinate system equinox is a direction in space rather than a moment in time. In a cycle of about 25,800 years, the equinox moves westward with respect to the celestial sphere because of perturbing forces ; therefore, in order to define a coordinate system ...