equinoctial

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Hardly had the equinoctial orgy begun, when it turned as bleak as a midwinter blizzard.

From Time Magazine Archive

An ecumenical rundown of all the world's most important places of worship, from the equinoctial siting at Stonehenge to the bland Meditation Room at the United Nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Additional plotting revealed that alignment of other stones had pinpointed equinoctial positions of the rising and setting sun and moon, enabling Stonehenge observers to determine accurately the first dav of both spring and fall.

From Time Magazine Archive

One bright and fragrant spring day—as if on a wild equinoctial whim—Holmes suggested that Minnie invite her sister to Chicago to see the world’s fair, at his expense.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

But this was not so in Virgil’s time, when—on account of the precession of the equinoxes—the equinoctial point had already entered Pisces, in which constellation it still remains.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard