| 单词 | vernal equinox |
| 例句 | As a self-confessed "science guy", he picked this Friday, 20 March, as the release date - coinciding with the vernal equinox, when we're set to have a partial solar eclipse. Nile Rodgers: It's About Time 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Like the vernal equinox, New Directors/New Films is a sign that winter and the soul-crushing slog known as awards season have finally ended. At New Directors/New Films, See the World Through Perceptive Filmmakers’ Eyes 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The Persian New Year, on the vernal equinox, lasts for 13 days. To-Go Meals for Sizdeh Beder 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Granted, the holiday no longer corresponds to a particular astronomical event like the vernal equinox. After spending 2 years in solitude, I know something about loneliness. So why is New Year’s still so rough? 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Even if the vernal equinox doesn’t instantly usher in warmer weather, the ceremonial end of winter is a decent excuse to prep your spring wardrobe. Which Spring Trends to Try First? 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z For us Iranians, the big festival of the year is Noruz, Iranian new year on the vernal equinox around 21 March. How we embraced Christmas 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z For the ancient Babylonians of Mesopotamia, New Year’s was a spring holiday, begun on the first full moon following the vernal equinox, and comprised 11 days of religious and political rituals. After spending 2 years in solitude, I know something about loneliness. So why is New Year’s still so rough? 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Around the vernal equinox, the park’s Horsetail Falls—a waterfall on the side of the infamous El Capitan rock formation—glows a bright orange. 16 of the Coolest Light Phenomena Around the World 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The first day of spring, also called the vernal equinox, will occur in the Northern Hemisphere on Sun., Winter solstice: What is it and when does it occur this year? 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z We don’t have babies just during lambing season or grow hair only after the vernal equinox or mark spring by growing a new pair of antlers. Of course this gardener is ‘getting ready for spring.’ He never stopped. 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Then, in March, nature will once again bring us the vernal equinox, the time of year that ushers in spring in the North. Why the equinox ushers in the arrival of fall 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z For some, spring cleaning takes place around the time of the vernal equinox, which this year fell on March 20. Spring Cleaning Was Once Backbreaking Work. For Many, It Still Is. 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “The vernal equinox is a momentous poem among moments, overspilling its borders like the swelling of sunlight it heralds.” Spring Returns 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z It is also the average for March 23, two full days after astronomical spring arrives here with Monday’s vernal equinox. Gray sky doesn’t stop spring’s advance in D.C. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The winter season ebbs in favor of budding trees, as the vernal equinox arrives March 20 at 5:24 p.m., according to the observatory. Skywatch: Jupiter and Venus dance, spring arrives and, with it, a farewell 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z First, 10 days had to be dropped out of the calendar to bring the vernal equinox back to March 21; by proclamation, the day following October 4, 1582, became October 15. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z It is literally the moment when the sun is directly above the equator, marking the vernal equinox. Nowruz: A springtime celebration of optimism and healing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The website highlights that, during the vernal equinox, the sun rises due East and sets due West. When is the spring equinox? 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z The vernal equinox marks the beginning of astronomical spring, where day and night are almost equal in length. Climate Check - BBC Weather 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Welcome the vernal equinox with a smile and brunch. Sky Watch: It’s breakfast with the planets in March 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z What is the right ascension and declination of the vernal equinox? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The vernal equinox this year occurs right around 2:30 a.m. Seattle-area forecast: 2 glorious days, then a return to rain — and a wet spring equinox 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The vernal equinox occurs at 5:37 a.m. on March 20, according to the Naval Observatory, ushering in the official start to spring. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in March 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z The vernal equinox arrived March 19, the day California handed down the first statewide stay-at-home order in the United States. Among the mainstays of 2020 claimed by the pandemic: Spring 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z In fact, the vernal equinox, which marks the official beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, is arriving on Thursday. Vernal equinox brings earliest spring to US in 124 years 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z On the day of the vernal equinox, the day length for all places on Earth is actually slightly longer than 12 hours. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Spring arrives on Thursday with the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, and the autumnal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere. With the start of spring on Thursday, will the stronger sun chase away the coronavirus? 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z The vernal equinox, which marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere - and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere - will occur late Thursday night in the U.S. Stuck home? Planets, moon providing predawn entertainment 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The Stagecoach event was originally scheduled to begin on April 10, less than a month after the vernal equinox on March 19, which marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Music fans at postponed events may find Coachella a little warmer in October than in April 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Astronomically speaking, winter becomes spring as the vernal equinox arrives March 19 at 11:50 p.m. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in March 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The Easter holiday split away from the vernal equinox and crept toward summer. This leap day and year would be the last ever if two scholars have their way 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z March 20 is the vernal equinox, which traditionally marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The spring equinox arrives Wednesday evening. Here’s everything you need to know. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Winter weather may still be lingering, but that hasn't stopped people across the country from celebrating what's known as the vernal equinox. First day of spring arrives: 5 things to know about the vernal equinox 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Good news: The vernal equinox arrives March 20 at 5:58 p.m. — marking the astronomical start to spring in the northern hemisphere. Skywatch: Spring forward in March with a time change and the brightness of Venus 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z The vernal equinox, which occurs this year at 9:15 a.m. Spring has sprung, but winter-like weather will return — so here are some Seattle weather jokes to lighten the mood 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z In March, the vernal equinox signals the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the south, and the reverse happens during the September equinox. Vernal Equinox 2018: Facts About the First Day of Spring 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z While a full moon on the first day of spring is relatively rare, the vernal equinox happens every year on or around March 20. The spring equinox arrives Wednesday evening. Here’s everything you need to know. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Meteorologists are predicting more wintry weather for the D.C. region for Tuesday’s vernal equinox and beyond. D.C. expected to get wintry weather beginning Tuesday 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Nowruz is an ancient holiday that starts on the vernal equinox, the first day of spring, and continues for 13 days. Persian New Year celebrated at Seattle City Hall 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Spring officially starts at the vernal equinox March 20 at 12:15 p.m. Skywatch: In March, planets loiter together in the evening and morning heavens 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z The Babylonians celebrated New Year’s in March, when the vernal equinox—a day of equal light and darkness—takes place. The Long and Winding Road to New Year’s 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z For the other half of the planet, September 22 is the vernal equinox, signaling the beginning of spring. The Autumn Equinox is Here! Wait, What's the Autumn Equinox? 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z The day is formally known at the vernal equinox. Happy spring: 5 things to know about the vernal equinox 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Spring, which starts with the vernal equinox at 6:28 a.m. After weird winter, U.S. forecasters see warm, wet spring 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Officials say the vernal equinox happens when the day is equally divided between the hours of darkness and light. Cahokia Mounds to host event marking spring’s arrival 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Muslim Holy Day on Sept. 11? Coincidence Stirs Fears 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z The festival honored Cybele, an ancient Greek Mother of Gods, and its celebrations included parades, masquerades and jokes to celebrate the first day after the vernal equinox. No Kidding: We Have No Idea How April Fools' Day Started 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z That was celebrated on the first full moon following the vernal equinox. Why can’t the date of Easter be fixed? - BBC News 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z This should not be confused with the popular notion that Easter is the first Sunday after the first Full Moon following the vernal equinox. Here's Why Easter Is Early This Year 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Sunday is the vernal equinox, the official start of spring. Spring May Start With Snow in New York Region 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z In March, the vernal equinox signals the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the southern, and the reverse happens during the autumnal equinox. First Day of Spring Marked With Sun Daggers, Light Snakes “Traditionally, the vernal equinox was thought of as the beginning of the year in the Julian calendar,” notes Simon J. Bronner, a professor of American Studies and Folklore at Penn State. No Kidding: We Have No Idea How April Fools' Day Started 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The date is important to Catholics, and some other Christians, because they celebrate Easter on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Behind the Logic, and Lore, of Leap Day 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z In the first place, the vernal equinox does not necessarily occur on March 21. Here's Why Easter Is Early This Year 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z For the other half of the planet, Wednesday is the vernal equinox, signaling the beginning of spring. The Autumn Equinox is Here! Wait, What's the Autumn Equinox? 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z It’s calculated as the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. Easter's Ever-Changing Date and the People Who Tried to Fix It 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Friday may mark the vernal equinox, but the first day of spring is feeling more like a mean slap from winter with snow, rain and the chills coursing through a large swath of the nation. 1st day of spring gets cold, hard slap in East, gentle temps in West 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z To realign his calendar with the vernal equinox, Pope Gregory removed 10 days from the middle of October. Behind the Logic, and Lore, of Leap Day 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z The Sun, the Moon, and Google are celebrating the official start of spring — this year’s vernal equinox on March 20 will include a solar eclipse, a supermoon and a stop-animation Google Doodle. New Google Doodle Celebrates First Day of Spring 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z And for Persians, the day is especially noteworthy: The first day of spring – which falls on the vernal equinox – also marks Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Celestial Friday: Total Eclipse, Supermoon, Equinox and Nowruz to Overlap 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The vernal equinox brings spring’s official arrival on March 20 at 6:45 p.m. Skywatch: Venus and Jupiter continue to accentuate the night heavens 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z After this bleak and blustery Washington winter, smile when you see these two words: vernal equinox. With the start of spring just weeks away, several planets are becoming hard to miss 2014-03-01T21:39:00Z The current pattern of leap years was designed to keep March 21, the ecclesiastical date of the vernal equinox, aligned with the astronomical event. Behind the Logic, and Lore, of Leap Day 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z How did ancient peoples observe and measure the date of the vernal equinox, if it is blocked by the sunlit sky? Vernal Equinox Marks First Day of Spring Today 2013-03-20T17:45:05.467Z It will cross the equator at the vernal equinox, passing into the Northern Hemisphere on March 20, at 7:02 a.m. Dec. 21: The Winter Solstice Explained 2012-12-21T21:15:00.240Z The latter professes to begin at the vernal equinox, but the actual position is as follows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The astronomical start to spring — the vernal equinox — occurs at 12:57 p.m. With the start of spring just weeks away, several planets are becoming hard to miss 2014-03-01T21:39:00Z Thus the supposed death more frequently occurred at the beginning of spring, and was mourned for a lenten period of forty days, which the vernal equinox brought to a close. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Another complication revolving around the vernal equinox concerns the length of day versus night. Spring Arrives with Equinox Tuesday, Earliest in More Than a Century 2012-03-19T19:45:00.230Z Hipparchus was an accurate observer, and he discovered an apparent and perpetual shifting of the vernal equinox westward, by which the right ascensions of the stars are all the time increasing. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z We thus find these causes acting with renewed power at the season when the disease usually makes its attack,—the vernal equinox, when an increased flood of solar rays breaks on them. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The feast was celebrated shortly before the vernal equinox and continued nine days. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z At an earlier period the sun entered the zodiacal sign of Taurus at the vernal equinox. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The resurrection of several of them about the time of the vernal equinox. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z At the vernal equinox, the ancients celebrated the bridal of the sun and the earth. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z The vernal equinox was therefore universally considered to be the time: of creation. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z Three times in the year did the Northmen gather in this manner to feast and to invoke the gods: at Yule-tide in January, at the vernal equinox, and late in the autumn. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Now the Hebrew people held the first day of the year on the vernal equinox, because on that day the yearly seasons were set. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z “It is the night of the vernal equinox,” occurred to him suddenly, sharp as a whispered voice beside him. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z This year is said to have begun with the vernal equinox, i. e. the period when the vigour of nature again shows itself. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Like everything else relating to Christ, or Christos, the dogma of the ascension has no doubt its allegorical root in the Sun's apparent exaltation in the heavens, from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z Why doesn't the vernal equinox occur on March 21 anymore? Most Popular Skywatching Misconceptions Explained 2011-11-14T21:45:00.213Z Right ascension, corresponding to terrestrial longitude, is the angular distance of a heavenly body from the vernal equinox measured on the celestial equator eastward to the hour circle passing through the body. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z But, of course, this has practically nothing to do with Spring, or, as the boys call it, the "vernal equinox." Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z At the time they were first named the vernal equinox began with Taurus. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z The vernal equinox is in March, when the sun enters the sign Aries; the autumnal equinox in September, when the sun enters Libra. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Following the Zoroastrian custom, Baha ordains that the year begin at the vernal equinox—March 21—because that is the spring-time, the time of the renewal of vegetable life. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z At that epoch the vernal equinox happened on the 11th instead of the 21st of March. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Just after the vernal equinox the third hour of Mark would be about 9 A.M., and the sixth hour of the Synoptists would be about noon. A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version 2011-05-31T02:00:30.837Z Thus the errors of the calendar continued to increase until 1582, when the vernal equinox fell on the 11th instead of the 21st of March. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z The sun enters Aries, at the time of the vernal equinox; Cancer, at the summer solstice; Libra, at the autumnal equinox; and Capricornus, at the winter solstice. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The great vernal equinox of April 178-, was the cause of certain unusual movements of the tide, which made old mariners and coast-fishermen shake their heads and gaze seaward, out of all reckoning. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z In the first place we may notice that in the time of Hipparchus the vernal equinox was in the first degree of the Ram, from which our own arrangement has originated. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Here then we understand that Pilate passed the sentence about sunrise, which at the Passover, near the vernal equinox, would be 6 o'clock. A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version 2011-05-31T02:00:30.837Z Attention is called to four points on the ecliptic, namely, the vernal equinox, the autumnal equinox, the winter solstice, and the summer solstice. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z From the First Point of Aries, or the place of the sun at the vernal equinox, the degrees of the ecliptic are counted from west to east. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The vernal equinox is a time of new beginnings, both temporal and astrological. Spring Forth with Tonight's Vernal Equinox 2011-03-20T06:50:00Z As everyone knows, the first Sunday following the Gregorian date of the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after the day of the vernal equinox is not a fixed date. Mortgage lending remains sluggish 2011-03-18T12:42:48Z Easter day, instead of being celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox, is in Abyssinia kept one lunation later. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z In 24,350 years, the vernal equinox would take the place of the autumnal equinox, and the winter solstice the place of the summer solstice. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z He knew, moreover, that it was close upon the vernal equinox, when the sun was crossing the equatorial line, near to which they were wandering. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The vernal equinox in America, north of the 44° of north latitude, generally takes place while the ground is covered with snow, and winter still wears a polar aspect. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-06T03:01:02.343Z The line drawn from the sun toward the right of the figure shows the direction to the vernal equinox. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The vernal equinox is taken as the initial point on the sphere from which co-ordinates are measured in the equatorial and ecliptic systems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" When Cæsar formed his calendar, 46 B. C., the vernal equinox fell on the 24th of March. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z It is the first of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Yet with the approach of the vernal equinox I began to overhaul my buckskins. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois How many days will be required for it to move completely around the ecliptic from vernal equinox back to vernal equinox again? A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The other two systems, including the vernal equinox, are fixed on the celestial sphere, and so seem to us to perform a diurnal revolution from east towards west. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It is regulated by the occurrence of the paschal moon, or first full moon between the vernal equinox and fourteen days afterward. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 In the year 1816, two days before the vernal equinox, I sailed from Liverpool for Pernambuco, in the southern hemisphere, on the coast of Brazil. Wanderings in South America I am expecting to bring the happiest of brides home about the vernal equinox. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Right ascension is always measured from the vernal equinox in the direction opposite to that in which the stars appear to travel in their diurnal motion—i. e., from west toward east. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z For example, if the right ascension of a star is exactly 15�, it will pass the meridian one sidereal hour after the vernal equinox. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" When the vernal equinox came, and we could sit down to dinner at sunset, the spell of death seemed to be at last broken. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 At Tyre the year was counted from the 19th of our October, at Gaza from the 28th of the same month, and at Damascus from the vernal equinox. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" I am still, however, harassed by the unauthentic Muse; if I cared to encourage her—but I have not the time, and anyway we are at the vernal equinox. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) The straight line in Fig. 14, with cross ruling upon it, is a part of the ecliptic, and the numbers placed opposite it represent the distance, in degrees, from the vernal equinox. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z At the vernal equinox the sun is increasing in power, the world is astir with new life, and begins to reassume its mantle of green. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The starting point is the vernal equinox, which was the time of a common Pagan festival. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) The Pleiades being then in conjunction with what is now called the first point of Aries, culminated at noon, not at midnight, at the time of the vernal equinox. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 It chanced one evening about this time—the vernal equinox had just passed—that from some small cause Richling, who was generally detained at the desk until a late hour, was home early. Dr. Sevier In Fig. 15 the straight line represents the direction from the sun toward the vernal equinox, and the angle which this line makes with the line joining earth and sun is called the earth's longitude. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The last few days have begun the vernal equinox. Tales of Fishes They began the year at the appearance of the first new moon of the vernal equinox, according to the ecclesiastical year of Moses. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State Therefore, after the vernal equinox was past, the emperor, having collected a strong body of soldiers, marched forth under the guidance of propitious fortune. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens It is defined as the time included between two successive passages of the sun through the vernal equinox, hence it is also called the equinoctial year. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture When the Sun, on his journey northward, reaches the equator, we have the vernal equinox, and at this period of the year the days and nights are of equal length all over the globe. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' One is, that the year begins at the conjunction of the sun and the moon which occurs nearest to the vernal equinox. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood And yet this was only the day of the vernal equinox; it was most extraordinary. The Doomsman The death and resurrection of the Solar Hero at or about the vernal equinox is as wide-spread as his birth at the winter solstice. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries The Bull then was the spring sign, the Pleiades and ruddy Aldebaran joining their rays with the sun's at the time of the vernal equinox. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy I believe," he said, mildly, "that we are approaching the vernal equinox. The Desert Fiddler They call this autumnal equinox the beginning of the civil year, and the vernal equinox the beginning of the holy year. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood At a later date, however, this mode of determining time was abandoned, and the new year was made directly dependent on the vernal equinox. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs But the Celts placed the vernal equinox on March 25, and the Romans on March 21. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The poet no doubt intended to indicate the vernal equinox as the birthday of Ráma. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Journey In the year 1816, two days before the vernal equinox, I sailed from Liverpool for Pernambuco, in the southern hemisphere, on the coast of Brazil. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure It is safer to follow the divine order, making April the first month, starting with the new moon which is nearest to vernal equinox. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood They are raised into the atmosphere probably by whirlwinds which occur during the vernal equinox, which is the dry season, from the valley of the lower Orinoco. A Voyage round the World A book for boys It will thus be seen that from the autumnal to the vernal equinox the North Pole is in darkness and has a night of six months' duration, during which time the sun is not seen. The Land of the Long Night In Rājputāna Gauri is worshipped as the corn goddess at the Gangore festival about the time of the vernal equinox, especially by women. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The vernal equinox in the north, generally takes place while the ground is covered with snow, and winter still wears a polar aspect. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians The vernal equinox was a period of much significance. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria This error, becoming daily more sensible, would have occasioned the autumnal equinox to have at length fallen on the day reckoned the solstice, and in process of time, on that held for the vernal equinox. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The sun, after entering the sign Aries and passing through one eighth of it, determines the vernal equinox. The Ten Books on Architecture Thus the spring commences with the vernal equinox, and the autumn with the autumnal. Recollections of Europe Therefore Christ ought to have suffered about the time of the summer solstice rather than about the vernal equinox. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition By this regulation the vernal equinox which then happened on the 11th of March was restored to the 21st. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The ancients began the year, some from the autumnal, others from the vernal equinox. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Sun changes his place in the Zodiac at each vernal equinox, 449-m. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The Revelation of the Báb may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiac—the sign Aries—which the sun enters at the vernal equinox. God Passes By Regarding Naw-Rúz: If the vernal equinox falls on the 21st of March before sunset, it is celebrated on that day. Directives from the Guardian After the long season of strife and discontent this is one of the many signs which mark the vernal equinox, and foretell the coming summer. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O The dates of Christ's birth and death may be astronomical: the winter and vernal equinoxes. Visionaries The reverence paid to Taurus continued long after, by the precession of the Equinoxes, the colure of the vernal equinox had come to pass through Aries. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Perhaps it would be more logical to have the year begin with the vernal equinox, but practically it makes no difference at all. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 After the vernal equinox, they are often six or eight months without rain. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 The winter days had grown very long; the sun had passed the vernal equinox, and yet it looked upon unbroken snowfields. What Necessity Knows Thus the vernal equinox, which really took place on the 10th of March, was assigned in the calendar to the 21st. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Sidereal noon is when we have turned ourselves under the point where the sun crosses the equator in March, called the vernal equinox. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The Holī festival marks approximately the time of the vernal equinox, ten days before the full moon of the Hindoo month Phālgun. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official There the Emperor does honour to husbandry by ploughing a few furrows at the vernal equinox. The Awakening of China About the time of the vernal equinox there came a tempest in comparison with which all previous wind and rain were but a whispering and a sprinkling. The Devil's Garden It seems that the vernal equinox, which is now moving from the Ram into the Fish, was in the ninth and eighth centuries B.C. moving from the Bull into the Ram. The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse In New York and New England, the time of the sap hovers about the vernal equinox, beginning a week or ten days before, and continuing a week or ten days after. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs Oysters going out, the new brew of Bock beer coming in: so do the saloons mark the vernal equinox. Shandygaff The doubling is chiefly observed at the vernal equinox, our month of May, and is perhaps due to spring floods, or vegetation in valleys of the like trend, as we find in Siberia. A Trip to Venus Once a year, about the approach of the vernal equinox or the seedsman's catalogue, we wake up at 6 o'clock in the morning. Mince Pie The custom survives in a symbolical form among the Mokis, who observe the festivals of the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism The vernal equinox, which in the old calendar had receded to March 11, was thus restored to its true place, March 21. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Deadham, meanwhile, in act of repossessing its soul in peace and hibernating according to time-honoured habit until the vernal equinox. Deadham Hard These are the things to be done during the second season between the vernal equinox and the rising of the Pleiades. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro The marriages, in compliment to the brides, were celebrated after the Persian fashion, and during the vernal equinox. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829 Every fourth year, at the vernal equinox, there is a representative council of the whole nation, which meets in a plain about twenty miles from our house, and continues about five or six days. Gulliver's Travels The following is an account given in Ramsay's Travels of Cyrus, concerning the vernal equinox festivals in the East. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion I am still, however, harassed by the unauthentic Muse; if I cared to encourage her - but I have not the time, and anyway we are at the vernal equinox. Vailima Letters It would be quite as true to say that they owe their improved condition to the almanac or to the vernal equinox. The Woman's Bible According to Mâo, she accompanied Khû, at the time of the vernal equinox, when the swallow made its appearance, to sacrifice and pray to the first match-maker, and the result was the birth of Hsieh. The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 The sun was approaching the vernal equinox, and sank almost perpendicularly on to the horizon. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain He too agonised and arose stronger and more shining than before, dying, indeed, and rising at the very vernal equinox we have mentioned. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett In the year 1816, two days before the vernal equinox, I sailed from Liverpool for Pernambuco, in the southern hemisphere, on the coast of Brazil. Wanderings in South America Thus, April Fool's Day formed a relic of festivities held at the vernal equinox. Early European History His disciples later arrived from far and near to honor their guru at a vernal equinox memorial service. Autobiography of a Yogi After the vernal equinox, the cessation of the breezes announces the season of rains. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 The Orinoco beginning to increase from the vernal equinox, the lowest flats are found uncovered from the end of January till the 20th or 25th of March. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The Holi comes round about the time of the vernal equinox, when victory declares for day and warmth in its long struggle with night and cold. Concerning Animals and Other Matters At these periods the hospitals are flooded with applications from young girls whom the vernal equinox urges first to be mothers, and, failing motherhood, nurses. Young Lives The calotte does not form until several months after the winter solstice, and it begins to melt, as a rule, shortly after the vernal equinox. Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals," with an alternative explanation Yet even Miss Wiggin could not keep the shadow of the vernal equinox off the simple heart of the junior Tutt. Tutt and Mr. Tutt The characteristic alive qualities of these cells return, without relation to food or climate, when the animal comes to in the spring, at the vernal equinox. The Glands Regulating Personality At Cumanacoa, the dry season begins at the winter solstice, and lasts till the vernal equinox. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 On the morrow, the twenty-fifth day of March, which was reckoned the vernal equinox, the divine resurrection was celebrated with a wild outburst of glee. The Golden Bough Thus after seventy-two years the colure of the vernal equinox which passed through a fixed star, corresponds with another fixed star. Letters on England About the vernal equinox, however, I caught a violent cold, which was attended with a difficulty of breathing, and as the sun advances towards the tropic, I find myself still more subject to rheums. Travels through France and Italy When the night and day are equal in spring, the point which the sun occupies on the heavens is termed the vernal equinox. Great Astronomers From the autumnal to the vernal equinox, a dry day is hardly known, except when the showers are suspended by a tempest. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland The regeneration of the worshipper took place at the same time as the regeneration of his god, namely at the vernal equinox. The Golden Bough As for instance, an astronomer in that age would have said that the vernal equinox was in the time of such and such an observation, in such a sign, and in such a star. Letters on England Another discrepancy between the Babylonian and Egyptian years appears in the fact that the Babylonian new year dates from about the period of the vernal equinox and not from the solstice. A History of Science — Volume 1 The final triumph is the crucifixion in Aries, the vernal equinox, about the twenty-first of March, quickly followed by the resurrection, or renewal of life. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 The vernal equinox coincided with the first degree of Aries, 2,504 years before Christ, and with the first degree of Taurus 4,619 years before Christ. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature About the vernal equinox, however, one unexpected gleam of hope does burst forth on Patriotism: the appointment of a thoroughly Patriot Ministry. The French Revolution In which the sun rises every day earlier after the vernal equinox. v. Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete In a report relating to the day of the vernal equinox, it is stated that there are six kasbu of the day and six kasbu of the night. A History of Science — Volume 1 People of Japan, your bull, which breaks the mundane egg, is only the bull of the zodiac, which in former times opened the seasons, the age of creation, the vernal equinox. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature |
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