spring equinox

Synonyms:

March equinox, vernal equinox

Antonyms:

September equinox, autumnal equinox, fall equinox

September 22

Types:

Noruz, Nowrooz, Nowruz

(Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox

Type of:

equinox

either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length