#FALL EQUINOX FULL#

The Southward equinox was 'New Year's Day' in the French Republican Calendar, which was in use from 1793 to 1805.In pre-Christian times the feast usually fell on the autumn equinox.

#FALL EQUINOX FULL#

The Jewish Sukkot usually falls on the first full moon after the northern hemisphere autumnal equinox, although occasionally (In the modern Jewish calendar, three times every 19 years) it will occur on the second full moon.

In this context, the Chinese character 分 means '(equal) division' (within a season).

The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (节气, literally 'climatic segments'), and the autumnal equinox ( Qiūfēn, Chinese and Japanese: 秋分 Korean: 추분 Vietnamese: Thu phân) marks the middle of the autumn season.

As the lunar calendar is not synchronous with the Gregorian calendar, this date could be anywhere from mid-September to early October.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, often near the autumnal equinox day, and is an official holiday in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and in many countries with a significant Chinese minority.

In Korea, Chuseok is a major harvest festival and a three-day holiday celebrated around the Autumn Equinox.

Higan (お彼岸) is a Buddhist holiday exclusively celebrated by Japanese sects during both the Spring and Autumnal Equinox.

In Japan Autumnal Equinox Day ( 秋分の日, Shūbun no hi) is a public holiday.

It is one of the Iranian festivals called Jashne Mihragan, or the festival of sharing or love in Zoroastrianism.

The Southward equinox marks the first day of Mehr or Libra in the Iranian calendar.

The September equinox marked the first day of the French Republican Calendar.Ĭommemorations West Asia

See also: March equinox § Culture Calendars This period is the second half of a 6-month long southerly movement, beginning with the June solstice when the Sun rises and sets at its most northern point.

For viewers at the north or south poles, it moves virtually horizontally on or above the horizon, not obviously rising or setting apart from the movement in 'declination' (and hence altitude) of a little under a half (0.39) degree per day.įor observers in either hemisphere not at the poles, the Sun rises and sets more and more to the south during the 3 months following the September equinox. However, because of refraction it will usually appear slightly above the horizon at the moment when its 'true' middle is rising or setting. The solar point of the September equinox passed from Libra and into Virgo in −729 (730 BCE) and will enter Leo in 2439.Īpparent movement of the Sun in relation to the horizon Īt the equinox, the Sun rises directly in the east and sets directly in the west. However, because of the precession of the equinoxes, this point is no longer in the constellation Libra, but rather in Virgo. The point where the Sun crosses the celestial equator southwards is called the First Point of Libra. The dates and times of the September equinoxes that occur from the year 2017 to 2027 (UTC) are listed as follows: The September equinox is one point in time commonly used to determine the length of the tropical year.

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