Vernal Equinox 2024 Time

Vernal Equinox 2024 Time. The vernal equinox, the astronomical beginning of spring, occurs this year today, tuesday, 19 march, 2024 at 3:06 utc (11:06 pm edt). Learn what an equinox is, how it differs from meteorological spring, and what rituals and traditions are tied to it.

The vernal equinox — is an astronomical phenomenon when the sun, in its visible motion along the ecliptic, crosses the celestial equator. An equinox is an astronomical event that happens twice, once in spring and once in autumn, each year when the tilt of the earth’s axis is.