What is the meaning of the Autumnal Equinox? How much do you know about the Autumnal Equinox?

What does the Autumnal Equinox mean? The Autumnal Equinox of 2017 is coming soon. Do you know what it means? Do you know what the Autumnal Equinox marks? Next, let’s take a look at the relevant meaning of the Autumnal Equinox.

What does the autumnal equinox mean?

1. The Autumnal Equinox falls on September 22, 23 or 24 of the Gregorian calendar every year and is one of the 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese festivals.
2. When the sun reaches 180 degrees of ecliptic longitude on this day and directly shines on the earth's equator, the 24 hours of day and night are equally divided, 12 hours each, so it is called the autumnal equinox.
3. The Autumnal Equinox means "equal division". The Autumnal Equinox is exactly half of the 90 days from the Beginning of Autumn to the Frost Descent, and also divides the autumn season in half.
4. The Autumnal Equinox is a sign of the coming of cold weather, a season of harvest, and a season when you need to remember to add more clothes.
5. Three signs of the Autumnal Equinox: "The first sign is the arrival of the Yuan bird; the second sign is the sound of thunder; the third sign is the beginning of lightning." This means that after the Autumnal Equinox, swallows fly from the south, and there will be thunder and lightning in the sky when it rains.

What is the date of the autumnal equinox?

Autumnal Equinox 2017: September 23, 04:01:44, the fourth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar 2017
Autumnal Equinox 2018: September 23, 09:54:01, the 14th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar 2018
Autumnal Equinox 2019: 15:50:02, September 23, 2019, August 25th of the lunar calendar
Autumnal Equinox 2020: September 22, 21:30:32, the fifth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar 2020
Autumnal Equinox 2021: September 23, 03:20:55, Lunar August 2021 (small) 17
Autumnal Equinox 2022: September 23, 09:03:31, the 28th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar 2022
Autumnal Equinox 2023: September 23, 14:49:46, the ninth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar 2023
The autumnal equinox time in 2024 is 20:43:27 on September 22, the 20th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 2024.
Autumnal Equinox 2025: September 23, 02:19:04, the first day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar 2025
The autumnal equinox in 2026 is at 08:04:56 on September 23, the 13th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar of 2026.
The autumnal equinox in 2027 is at 14:01:23 on September 23, the 23rd day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar in 2027.