Spring Equinox (Ostara)

Day equals night

The day catches up with the night, and the light starts to win. A point of waking up: nature stirs, and you can sow something new.

What's happening in the sky

At the equinox day and night are nearly equal. After the March equinox days in the Northern Hemisphere grow longer than nights: the light is on the rise and the bright half of the year begins.

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 27m ago)

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

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

Sunrise:04:18(4h 30m ago)

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

Golden hour ends:04:55(3h 54m ago)

Solar noon:09:33(in 44m)

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

Sunset starts:14:44(in 5h 56m)

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

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

Dusk:15:14(in 6h 25m)

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

Night:16:14(in 7h 25m)

Moon right now

Tradition layers

Wicca

The Wiccan festival of the spring equinox — awakening, fertility, eggs and the hare as symbols of new life.

What it means for you today

Balance with a promise of growth. A good time for new beginnings and first small steps: whatever you start now has the lengthening days on its side.

AwakeningEquilibriumA new beginning

Ritual for this event

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