Spring or vernal equinox: either way, Spring 2012 is here
...and that should tell you far more: it's the first day of Spring (at least in the Northern Hemisphere). To be specific, the spring equinox was at 0514 UTC (or 1:14 a.m. EDT) this morning. Some have begun calling this date the March equinox and the autumnal...info
Vernal Equinox Pictures: First-Day-of-Spring Celebrations
...New Year, in 2004. The ancient Zoroastrian holiday happens during the spring equinox and is kicked off by cleaning house and buying flowers. Clad all in white, members of the Druid Order hold hands on the spring equinox in Tower Hill, London, in 2009....info
Explore Your Dreams: Spring Equinox
...Equinox, the day the Sun crosses over the Equator into the Northern Hemisphere, occurs this leap year on Monday, March 19 at 10:15pm PDT and on Tuesday, March 20 at 1:15am EDT and 5:15 am GMT. In the Southern Hemisphere, people are celebrating the Autumn Equinox...info
Spring Equinox is Here: Winter’s Gone, Baby!
...as more opportunities for Sangria at sunset! (And also, I always celebrate March 20th, the best day of the whole year.) The Spring Equinox is not actually a date, so much as a time- the event itself occurred at 05:14 this morning. Technically, the term “equinoxâ€...info
Vernal equinox: Equal day, night
...2012? Get dates of the vernal equinox. Plus, springtime photos, folklore, and more on Almanac.com! Signs of Spring by Emily Carlin The Spring Equinox (also called the Vernal Equinox) is tomorrow. March 20, 2012 at 12:14AM EST The light and dark are in …...info
Vernal Equinox 2012: First Day of Spring Is March 20
...at the equator, which results in approximately 12 hours of daylight and darkness at all latitudes. The vernal equinox, or spring equinox, marks the first day of spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the first day of fall for those in the Southern Hemisphere....info
Google doodles the spring equinox
...doodle came when Marissa Mayer, vice president at Google, visited Marimekko's textile printing factory in Helsinki. The spring equinox Google doodle has a school-kid playfulness feel about it and includes flowers, a stork, a loaded truck, butterflies and a...info
Spring equinox brings folk beliefs
...after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Nowruz, known widely as the Persian New Year, takes place on the vernal equinox. And at sunrise on the spring equinox, Egypt's sphinx points directly to the rising sun. No eggs involved, of course....info
A Blessed Spring Equinox
...and very loving.†The equinox will be celebrated worldwide, although those in the northern hemisphere will mark the spring equinox, considered a time of rebirth.†- Stephen Cauchi, The Age “The earliest vernal equinox in over a century arrives March 20th at...info
What Is the Spring Equinox?
...p.m. on Monday, but in most time zones worldwide it occured on Tuesday. See ya next year, winter? Hello spring, and happy spring equinox! Thanks. We'll email you the next time we update this story. [["validates_presence_of",{"message":"Hey, you forgot to let...info