Spring has finally sprung: The vernal equinox, the official start date for the season in the Northern Hemisphere, has arrived. The 2024 spring equinox occurred at exactly 11:06 p.m. EDT on Tuesday,March 19. But why does the day mark the start of spring and why only in the Northern Hem...
In 2020, another leap year,the first day of springwas also on March 19, with the vernal equinox occurring at 11:50 p.m. At the time, it was theearliest first day of spring since 1896. But the vernal equinox of 2024 had it beat. Because spring began even earlier, at 11:06 p.m....
Spring officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on March 19 with the vernal equinox as the entire world experiences an equal amount of daylight and darkness. For ease of recordkeeping, meteorologists and climatologists consider March 1 the first day of spring, but astronomically speaking, the Ea...
Data in China｜Over 172 million trips expected on first day of China's Spring Festival travel rush Edited by Jia Zifan.China's annual Spring Festival travel rush, also known as Chunyun, officially kicked off on Tuesday and will last until February 22. Chinese authorities expect an unprecedented...
In 2024, spring equinox is either on Tuesday, March 19, or Wednesday, March 20. All that depends on where you’re located. Precisely when will the spring equinox happen? The spring equinox will arrive exactly at 3:06 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on Wednesday, March 20,according to Ear...
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In 2024, spring equinox is either on Tuesday, March 19, or Wednesday, March 20. All that depends on where you’re located. Precisely when will the spring equinox happen? The spring equinox will arrive exactly at 3:06 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on Wednesday, M...
standing on end during the first day of spring,” according to John Millis, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Anderson University in South Carolina. “The ancient Chinese celebrated the first day of spring about six weeks earlier than the equinox”—not just on the equinox itself....
China's annual Spring Festival travel rush, also known as Chunyun, officially kicked off on Tuesday and will last until February 22. Chinese authorities expect an unprecedented 9 billion inter-regional trips during this year's Chunyun, an increase of 7 percent from 2024. ...
On Feb. 10, 2024, the first day of the Year of the Dragon, Li, a mother from Tianjin, prepared for her daughter what in Chin a is called a "red packet(红包)". It is a gift traditionally given by the elderly to the young during the Spring Festival or the start of the Chines...