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2. Tekufah - Wikipedia

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   Tekufat Tishrei, the autumnal equinox, when the sun enters Libra, and autumn, or "et ha-batsir" (vintage-time), begins, and when the day again equals the night. Tekufat Tevet, the winter solstice, when the sun enters Capricornus; this is the beginning of winter, or "et ha-ḥoref" (winter-time) [2] [a] when the night is the longest during the year.

3. The fall equinox is here. What does that mean? - AOL

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   The word equinox comes from two Latin words meaning equal and night. ... The Northern Hemisphere’s spring — or vernal — equinox can land between March 19 and 21, depending on the year ...

4. Byzantine calendar - Wikipedia

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   Anatolius says that he places the new moon of the first year of his cycle on the Alexandrian equivalent of 22 March, the day of the vernal equinox. In the Julian calendar, the equinox recedes at the rate of 1 day in 128 years; by the time of the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 it was falling on 21 March. 22 March is 26 Phamenoth in the ...

5. Solstice - Wikipedia

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   For the vernal (spring) equinox, several springtime festivals are celebrated, such as the Persian Nowruz, the observance in Judaism of Passover, the rites of Easter in most Christian churches, as well as the Wiccan Ostara. The autumnal equinox is associated with the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and the Wiccan Mabon.

6. Winter is here. Sort of. Depends on which winter you mean ...

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   Leap years and the elliptical shape of Earth's orbit around the sun affect when the astronomical seasons, or summer-winter solstices and vernal-autumnal equinoxes, occur, explained AccuWeather ...

7. Wheel of the Year - Wikipedia

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   The holiday of the autumnal equinox is known variously among neopagans as Mabon, Harvest Home, or Feast of the Ingathering. A name used by neo-druids is Alban Elfed . [ 36 ] It is a neopagan festival of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth and a recognition of the need to share them to secure the blessings of the Goddess and the Gods during ...