It Must Be Spring

and that's all i'm gonna say about it.

from JoeUser Forums
Seriously.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
lol Good good.

It IS spring!

~Anne
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

Did you know that the first day of Spring is on the 20th or 21st depending on the day the vernal equinox lands on.  This chart shows the date and time of the equinox:

Date UT Date UT Date UT
03-20-1980 11:05 03-20-1990 21:15 03-20-2000 07:25
03-20-1981 16:54 03-21-1991 03:04 03-20-2001 13:14
03-20-1982 22:43 03-20-1992 08:53 03-20-2002 19:03
03-21-1983 04:32 03-20-1993 14:42 03-21-2003 00:52
03-20-1984 10:21 03-20-1994 20:31 03-20-2004 06:41
03-20-1985 16:10 03-21-1995 02:20 03-20-2005 12:30
03-20-1986 21:59 03-20-1996 08:09 03-20-2006 18:19
03-21-1987 03:48 03-20-1997 13:58 03-21-2007 00:08
03-20-1988 09:37 03-20-1998 19:47 03-20-2008 05:57
03-20-1989 15:26 03-21-1999 01:36 03-20-2009 11:46

 

It comes from the site: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/VernalEquinox.html

Now, if I can only figure out how they decide when Easter will be......

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

Hehe...I found the "Easter" thing, too: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_126a.html

Easter falls on the first Sunday subsequent to the first full moon after the vernal equinox (March 21). Thus, it can occur as early as March 22 and as late as April 25. (If the full moon after the equinox falls on Sunday, Easter follows a week later.)

Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
That's good... but do you know when The Year of The Pig is? Challenge!
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

the next one will be 2007  .... it's a 12 year increment.  Last one was 1995.

Of course, 2007 is year 4704 on the Chinese calendar