Lammas (Lughnasadh)

The first harvest

The start of the harvest and the first bread from the new grain. A day to give thanks for the first fruits of your work.

What's happening in the sky

Lammas is one of the four cross-quarter days of the Wheel of the Year, between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. It marks a turn of the season, the start of the harvest, rather than a point in the sky. The astronomical midpoint, when the Sun reaches 15° Leo, comes about a week later.

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

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Wicca

The Celtic-Wiccan festival of the first harvest and the god Lugh; baking bread from the first grain.

What it means for you today

A time to recognise your first results and give thanks for them. Notice what has already ripened, and share it.

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