it is the first day of spring

The astronomical spring begins today, on March 20^th at 10:58 pm to be exact. The day is exactly as long as night. The March equinox marks the transition from astronomical winter to spring on the Northern Hemisphere. The opposite is true in the Southern Hemisphere.

This day was viewed as the beginning of something new in the past. Many have started to cleanse the body and soul and it was a time for meditation or even spring cleaning. Try asking your grandparents, for example, if the spring equinox means something significant to them?