vernal equinox
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The odds also tend to increase around equinoxes — the vernal equinox occurred last week — due to a more favorable tilt in the Earth’s axis, Murtagh said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
Pretty much aligned with the vernal equinox, give or take a few days, St. Patrick’s Day lands just right on the calendar for a celebration.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024
Then, in March, nature will once again bring us the vernal equinox, the time of year that ushers in spring in the North.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 21, 2023
For some, spring cleaning takes place around the time of the vernal equinox, which this year fell on March 20.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
Here then we understand that Pilate passed the sentence about sunrise, which at the Passover, near the vernal equinox, would be 6 o'clock.
From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Archibald Thomas Robertson
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