What are equinox and solstice?
The sun turns 4 days out of the solar year of 365.4 days. Equinox, the only two days of the year when the days and the nights are each 12 hours long, is the day when the sun passes the equator. The equinox day/night is the template for all traditional watches and clocks. Fall Equinox falls around September 21st, and Spring Equinox around March 21st. Then we have the two solstices which is when the days are long and the nights are short, or vice versa if you are “down under”. Summer Solstice falls around June 21st and Winter Solstice falls around December 21st. These 4 points of solar time, along with the moon, have been the foundation of time keeping across cultures since the dawn of time.
