2023 Vernal Equinox
Redwood City, United States
Vernal Equinox
20th
March 2023
Monday / सोमवार
Vernal EquinoxVernal Equinox Local Time
Vernal Equinox on Monday, March 20, 2023
Vernal Equinox Time - 02:23 PM
Vernal Equinox Sunrise - 07:13 AM
Vernal Equinox Sunset - 07:21 PM
Vernal Equinox Day Duration - 12 Hours 08 Mins 08 Secs
Vernal Equinox Previous Day Duration - 12 Hours 05 Mins 42 Secs
Vernal Equinox Next Day Duration - 12 Hours 10 Mins 33 Secs
Notes: All timings are represented in 12-hour notation in local time of Redwood City, United States with DST adjustment (if applicable).
Hours which are past midnight are suffixed with next day date. In Panchang day starts and ends with sunrise.
2023 Vernal Equinox | March Equinox
An Equinox is an astronomical event that happens twice, once in spring and once in autumn, each year when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun. During Equinoxes the tilt of the Earth (with respect to the Sun) is 0° and because of its duration of the day and the night are almost equal on Equinox day i.e. 12 hours.
Equinoxes occur on 20th or 21st March and 22nd or 23rd September each year and both days have equal length of the day and the night.
During March it is springtime in the Northern hemisphere and March Equinox is called Vernal Equinox and Spring Equinox while it is an autumn time in the Southern hemisphere and March Equinox is called Autumnal Equinox and Fall Equinox. In other words, on March Equinox it is springtime in the UK, the USA, Canada, Russia, India and China while it is autumn time in Australia, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa.
Similarly, during September it is autumn time in the Northern hemisphere and September Equinox is called Autumnal Equinox and Fall Equinox while it is springtime in the Southern hemisphere and September Equinox is called Vernal Equinox and Spring Equinox. In other words, on September Equinox it is the autumn time in the UK, the USA, Canada, Russia, India and China while it is springtime in Australia, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa.
To avoid any confusion Equinoxes are preferably referred to as March Equinox (Northern Equinox) and September Equinox (Southern Equinox).
In Hindu astrology, Vernal Equinox is known as Vasant Vishuva or Vasant Sampat. Due to precession Hindu equivalent of Vernal Equinox has drifted apart and celebrated on Mesha Sankranti.
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Standard Alaskan Pacific Mountain Central Eastern Atlantic Newf'lnd UTC Western
Europe Central
Europe Perth Darwin Sydney New
Zealand Imbolc
February 3 February 4 August 8 16:27 17:27 18:27 19:27 20:27 21:27 22:27 22:57 02:27 02:27 03:27 02:21 03:51 04:21 06:21
Vernal
Equinox
March 20 September 23
11:24 13:24 14:248 15:24 16:24 17:24 18:24 18:54 21:24 21:24 22:24 12:50 14:20 14:50 16:50
Beltaine
May 5 November 8
08:13 10:13 11:13 12:13 13:13 14:13 15:13 15:43 18:13 19:13 20:13 00:18 01:48* 02:18* 05:18
Summer
Solstice
June 21 December 22 04:58 06:58 07:58 08:58 09:58 10:58 11:58 12:28 14:58 15:58 16:58 11:27 12:57* 13:27* 16:27
Lughnasad
August 7 February 4 08:21 10:21 11:21 12:21 13:21 14:21 15:21 15:51 18:21 19:21 20:21 10:27 11:57* 12:27* 15:27
Autumnal
Equinox
September 22 September 23 March 21 18:50 20:50 21:50 22:50 23:50 00:50 01:50 02:20 04:50 07:50 08:50 05:24 06:54* 07:24* 10:24
Samhain
November 7 May 6 06:18 07:18 08:18 09:18 10:18 11:18 12:18 12:48 16:18 16:18 17:18 02:13 03:43 04:13 06:13
Winter
Solstice December 21 December 22 21 June 22
17:27 18:27 19:27 20:27 21:27 22:27 23:27 23:57 03:27 03:27 04:27 22:58 00:28 00:58 02:58
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Equinox and Solstice times supplied by the U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington DC. Cross Quarter moments are interpolated as the split or bisector in degrees along the ecliptic between Solstices and Equinoxes. Former NASA rocket scientist Rollin Gillespie applied a spatial application in the mid-1980s to determine cross quarters. Kepler's Third Law says a planet's orbital speed accelerates and decelerates in elliptical orbits. Only circular orbits allow constant orbital speed. Southern Hemisphere seasons oppose the seasons observed north of the Equator.