March Equinox 2026
The March equinox of 2026 is on Friday, March 20, 2026 at 14:45 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: 226 days ago.
What time is the March equinox 2026?
At 14:45 UTC on March 20, 2026: Fri, Mar 20, 07:45 AM in Los Angeles, Fri, Mar 20, 10:45 AM in New York, Fri, Mar 20, 02:45 PM in London.
What date is the March equinox 2026 where I live?
It depends on the time zone: March 20 in Los Angeles, New York, London, India; March 21 in Sydney.
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, 2026 starts autumn; weather services often count seasons by whole months instead.
How long is the season that starts at the March equinox 2026?
92 days 18 hours: spring in the north (autumn in the south) runs until the June solstice on June 21, 2026 at 08:25 UTC.
Why is the March equinox 2026 at a different time than in 2025?
It comes 5 h 44 min later on the clock than in 2025 (March 20, 2025, 09:01 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 2026?
Not quite: from sunrise to sunset on March 20, 2026 it is 12 h 10 min in London, 12 h 09 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 09 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 14:45 UTC on March 20, 2026 and read it for the season ahead, and in 2026 that chart has the Moon at 20°30' Aries (new moon, 3% lit).
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| UTC | March 20, 2026, 14:45 UTC |
| Los Angeles | Fri, Mar 20, 07:45 AM |
| New York | Fri, Mar 20, 10:45 AM |
| London | Fri, Mar 20, 02:45 PM |
| India | Fri, Mar 20, 08:15 PM |
| Sydney | Sat, Mar 21, 01:45 AM |
The sky at the March equinox 2026
| Body | Position |
|---|---|
| Sun | ♈︎ 0°00' Aries |
| Moon | ♈︎ 20°30' Aries |
| Mercury | ♓︎ 8°29' Pisces R |
| Venus | ♈︎ 17°35' Aries |
| Mars | ♓︎ 14°11' Pisces |
| Jupiter | ♋︎ 15°13' Cancer |
| Saturn | ♈︎ 4°07' Aries |
| Uranus | ♉︎ 28°18' Taurus |
| Neptune | ♈︎ 1°46' Aries |
| Pluto | ♒︎ 5°00' Aquarius |
| Moon phase | new moon, 3% lit |
Geocentric tropical positions at the exact instant; R = retrograde.
Day length on March 20, 2026
| City | Daylight |
|---|---|
| London | 12 h 10 min |
| New York | 12 h 09 min |
| Mexico City | 12 h 07 min |
| Bogotá | 12 h 07 min |
| São Paulo | 12 h 07 min |
| Sydney | 12 h 09 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 2026: Mercury.
Data: seasons/2026.json (CC0 JSON).