Beltane

Blossom and fire

Spring in full bloom, fires and flowers. A festival of life force, love and fertility.

What's happening in the sky

Beltane is the cross-quarter day between the spring equinox and the summer solstice: the height of spring and the door to the warm, bright half of the year. The astronomical midpoint, when the Sun reaches 15° Taurus, comes a few days later, around May 5.

What is the Wheel of the Year?

The Wheel of the Year is an annual cycle of eight festivals marking the movement of the Sun and the turning of the seasons: four “solar” points (two solstices and two equinoxes) and four cross-quarter festivals between them. Together they form a clear map of the natural year.

Your day today

Night ends:02:52(5h 56m ago)

Nautical dawn:03:22(5h 26m ago)

Dawn:03:52(4h 56m ago)

Blue hour ends:04:02(4h 46m ago)

Sunrise:04:18(4h 29m ago)

Sunrise ends:04:21(4h 27m ago)

Golden hour ends:04:55(3h 53m ago)

Solar noon:09:33(in 45m)

Golden hour starts:14:11(in 5h 23m)

Sunset starts:14:44(in 5h 57m)

Sunset:14:47(in 5h 59m)

Blue hour starts:15:03(in 6h 16m)

Dusk:15:14(in 6h 26m)

Nautical dusk:15:44(in 6h 56m)

Night:16:14(in 7h 26m)

Moon right now

Tradition layers

Wicca

The Celtic-Wiccan festival of fertility and fire — bonfires, the maypole, life in full bloom.

What it means for you today

A time to say yes to life and to what you want. Let yourself have joy, warmth and bold beginnings.

BlossomingFertilityPassion for life

Ritual for this event

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