Today marks the spring equinox in the Southern Hemisphere ☀️ The word 'equinox' comes from Latin and means 'equal night', referring to the roughly 12-hour day and 12-hour night. They occur twice a year—around late March (the autumn equinox) and late September (the spring equinox). In the southern hemisphere, the spring equinox marks the tipping point from days being shorter than nights, to days becoming longer than nights. Many countries use the equinoxes and solstices to define the start of eac