Spring equinox 2022

March equinox is the astronomical beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere. This year, the March equinox falls on March 20.

It marks the spring equinox in the Southern Hemisphere, and the fall equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. 10. The March equinox marks a time of transition and new beginnings in many cultures. The March Equinox has only occurred twice on March 21 – in 2003 and 2007. Meanwhile, some people in Japan remember their ancestors by celebrating Higan during the March equinox and the September equinox. First Point of Aries is the point where the Sun crosses the celestial equator northwards. An equinox is one of the two times in the year when the Sun is exactly above the Earth’s equator, and day and night are of equal length. New Delhi: This year, the March equinox, or the astronomical beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on March 20. The second equinox, called the September equinox, takes place on or around September 22 every year. Also, at sunset, one can see the Sun for several minutes after it has dipped under the horizon, causing every day on Earth, including the days of the equinoxes, to be at least six minutes longer than it would have been without atmospheric refraction. Each year, the meteorological season of spring begins on March 1 and ends on May 31. Refraction of sunlight by Earth’s atmosphere is another reason why the day is longer than 12 hours on an equinox. The other reason is the atmospheric refraction of sunlight.

But we all can see the special light, hear the birds, smell the flowers and feel the growing warmth of the sun on our skin just as she did. They're all signs ...

In Japan, Vernal Equinox Day is a public holiday (on Monday, March 21, this year). Japan is thoroughly modernized, but its people still adhere to old traditions such as visiting family graves and holding family reunions to mark the spring equinox. In China, trying to stand an egg upright is a popular game during the spring equinox, according to VisitBeijing.com. The custom is thought to go back thousands of years, and it's believed that if people can get an egg to stand, they will have good luck. The day is a bit longer at higher latitudes than at the equator because it takes the sun longer to rise and set the closer you get to the poles. So, the first day of the year always kicks off with the vernal equinox. At the site, the impressive pyramid known as El Castillo was aligned so that a shadow outlining the form of a snake of light (Kukulcán) descends the steps on the equinoxes. That's why the sun never sets at all in the Arctic Circle during the time around the summer solstice. And the effect is more dramatic the farther you get from the equator. EarthSky says the equinox is "a good day for finding east and west from your yard or other favorite site for watching the sky. (That's why it stays dark for so long each day during the winter in places such as Scandinavia and Alaska.) Folks in the Northern Hemisphere are looking forward to longer days, warmer weather, flowers and a burst of greenery. That positions one hemisphere of the planet to get more sunlight than the other for half of the year's orbit around the sun. They're all signs that the spring equinox of 2022 is arriving.

March's equinox comes today, marking the beginning of spring. The days will get longer for the next few months.

Northern observers will see daylight continuing to increase in the coming months, which will be accompanied by warmer weather. Daylight is equal in most zones of the world today, at exactly 12 hours, but observers on the equator will get to see the sun directly overhead during noon. Both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres will have the same amount of sunshine in the next 24 hours.

March or spring equinox, occurring on Sunday, marks the beginning of the astronomical spring season for people living in the Northern Hemisphere, ...

For instance, the meteorological season of spring begins each year on March 1 and will end on May 31. The US space agency, in a blogpost, noted that Earth has two types of seasons - meteorological and astronomical. The astronomical event will also be witnessed in India on Sunday (March 20), as the country is also part of the northern hemisphere. Equinox comes from the Latin words equi ("equal"), and nox, ("night"). The astronomical event is caused by Earth's tilt on its axis and its motion in orbit around the Sun. On Sunday, the Sun will pass directly above the equator, bringing nearly equal amounts of day and night on all parts of Earth. At the equator, an equinox results in about 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night. March or spring equinox, occurring on Sunday, marks the beginning of the astronomical spring season for people living in the Northern Hemisphere, including in India.

The spring equinox – which marks the beginning of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere – will occur on Sunday, March 20, at 11:33 a.m. EDT.

And for the folks down under in the Southern Hemisphere, it's the autumnal equinox this Sunday, marking the first day of autumn. Each day for the next three months, the sun will get higher in the sky – and the daily amount of daylight longer – until the summer solstice in June. At long last, spring 2022 is finally here.