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Ostara-Spring Equinox

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On this 22th September in 2021, at 16:20 in Santiago of Chile (press here to see the time equivalence in your zone) is the Spring Equinox. When wespeak about the hour and minutes in which the equinox occurs, it's because we're speaking about a specific position in which the Earth is respecto to the Sun. Although this astronomic position last only a precise moment, during that day and the closer days it is possible to observe an equivalent quanity of hours of light and darkness (or day and night). This, in conjuntion to the gradual growth in the light-hours, makes the beginning of the season that we clasify as spring. This phenomenum has originated different celebrations and traditions around the world because of the progressive start of this season (which obviously we began to perceive before the equinox) is associated to different aspects that were vital to the agricultural society from the past and that actually keep on being vital for the subsistence both from the world tha