March Equinox 2025
The March equinox of 2025 is on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:01 UTC, when the Sun reaches 0°00' Aries. It starts spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: 591 days ago.
What time is the March equinox 2025?
At 09:01 UTC on March 20, 2025: Thu, Mar 20, 02:01 AM in Los Angeles, Thu, Mar 20, 05:01 AM in New York, Thu, Mar 20, 09:01 AM in London.
What date is the March equinox 2025 where I live?
March 20 in Los Angeles, New York, London, India, Sydney: the same date in all of these places.
Is the March equinox the first day of spring?
Astronomically, yes in the Northern Hemisphere and no in the Southern, where the March equinox on March 20, 2025 starts autumn; weather services often count seasons by whole months instead.
How long is the season that starts at the March equinox 2025?
92 days 18 hours: spring in the north (autumn in the south) runs until the June solstice on June 21, 2025 at 02:42 UTC.
Why is the March equinox 2025 at a different time than in 2024?
It comes 5 h 55 min later on the clock than in 2024 (March 20, 2024, 03:06 UTC), because the 365-day calendar year is about a quarter of a day shorter than the solar year.
Are day and night equal on the March equinox 2025?
Not quite: from sunrise to sunset on March 20, 2025 it is 12 h 11 min in London, 12 h 10 min in New York, 12 h 07 min in Mexico City, 12 h 07 min in Bogotá, 12 h 07 min in São Paulo, 12 h 08 min in Sydney, a few minutes over 12 hours because the atmosphere bends sunlight over the horizon and sunrise counts from the Sun’s upper edge.
What does the Sun entering Aries mean in astrology?
It is the Aries ingress: astrologers cast a chart for 09:01 UTC on March 20, 2025 and read it for the season ahead, and in 2025 that chart has the Moon at 6°21' Sagittarius (waning gibbous, 70% lit).
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| UTC | March 20, 2025, 09:01 UTC |
| Los Angeles | Thu, Mar 20, 02:01 AM |
| New York | Thu, Mar 20, 05:01 AM |
| London | Thu, Mar 20, 09:01 AM |
| India | Thu, Mar 20, 02:31 PM |
| Sydney | Thu, Mar 20, 08:01 PM |
The sky at the March equinox 2025
| Body | Position |
|---|---|
| Sun | ♈︎ 0°00' Aries |
| Moon | ♐︎ 6°21' Sagittarius |
| Mercury | ♈︎ 7°53' Aries R |
| Venus | ♈︎ 4°19' Aries R |
| Mars | ♋︎ 20°14' Cancer |
| Jupiter | ♊︎ 14°19' Gemini |
| Saturn | ♓︎ 23°04' Pisces |
| Uranus | ♉︎ 24°15' Taurus |
| Neptune | ♓︎ 29°37' Pisces |
| Pluto | ♒︎ 3°20' Aquarius |
| Moon phase | waning gibbous, 70% lit |
Geocentric tropical positions at the exact instant; R = retrograde.
Day length on March 20, 2025
| City | Daylight |
|---|---|
| London | 12 h 11 min |
| New York | 12 h 10 min |
| Mexico City | 12 h 07 min |
| Bogotá | 12 h 07 min |
| São Paulo | 12 h 07 min |
| Sydney | 12 h 08 min |
Sunrise to sunset on that calendar date at each city, computed for the Sun’s upper edge with standard refraction.
The Sun enters Aries
Aries is a cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars; its keywords: pioneering, direct, brave. The Sun’s 30 days in Aries start at this instant.
Retrograde at the March equinox 2025: Mercury, Venus.
Data: seasons/2025.json (CC0 JSON).