In the Northern Hemisphere, we celebrate the first day of spring on the vernal equinox. This year, it falls on March 19.

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During Cybele’s festival, they joined in the religious fervor until they collapsed. We’re not the only planet that gets to experience an equinox (whether it’s the spring or fall equinox).

When is The Spring Equinox in 2024? Know about The Spring Equinox and the day and date on which The Spring Equinox falls this year. Information about holidays and important days in 2015. Find out when ...

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around 20 March (called "Spring Equinox" as it marks the begining of spring in most cultures) and 23 September (called "Autumnal Equinox" as it marks the beginning of autumn). The equinoxes are ...

After the spring equinox the days are longer than the nights ... St Brigid's Day is linked to the Celtic festival of Imbolc, heralding the return of spring. The Celtic Goddess Bríd was regarded ...

Most of us are familiar with the term equinox, and Wednesday, 20 March, was the spring equinox which marked the start of astronomical spring. This is when the sun passed over the equator or the ...

The festival mostly celebrates the spring harvest in the northern India which mostly reaps copious rabi crops. It celebrates the spring or vernal equinox on the first day of the Vaishakha month on the ...

This is considered the middle of the Spring season and is also referred ... Patrick's Day festival, the Autumn/Fall Equinox celebrates when night and day are of equal duration and usually falls ...