When is the next equinox where you live?

The September equinox came at 00:05 UTC on 23 September 2026, so the next one falls in another year. Its time depends on your time zone: when is it on your clock? Type 2027 and your city into the equinox and solstice dates tool: 20 March 2027, 16:24 in New York, 21:24 in Paris.

UTC, Coordinated Universal Time, is the reference clock of time zones. The year you type matters most. The form opens on the current year: in 2026, that answer ends with the December solstice, and the March equinox only appears in the 2027 answer.

What do I type to get the next equinox?

Type the year the equinox falls in, pick your city, and press Compute. Each answer covers one calendar year, from January to December.

The city goes under From a place (optional). Start typing its name, then pick it from the suggestions: the choice brings the city’s time zone, which the local times need.

Where in the answer is my local date and time?

It is in the first table, Equinoxes & solstices of the year: the row of your event, in the column headed Local time. Here are the next four equinoxes and solstices as the tool gives them:

Does the local time include daylight saving time?

Yes: the tool applies the offset in force on the date of each event. New York is five hours behind UTC for the December 2026 solstice, and four hours behind for the March 2027 equinox. Paris is one hour ahead in March and two hours ahead in June.

Converting by hand, it is easy to apply today’s offset instead of the one in force on the day. The offsets come from the IANA time zone database, whose name for your zone, such as America/New_York, is printed in the column header.

Can I put the next equinox in my calendar?

Yes: under the answer, Add to my calendar downloads the year’s two equinoxes and two solstices as a calendar file (.ics). The file holds the year you computed, so compute 2027 first for the March 2027 equinox.

Each event is stored as a UTC instant, to the second. Your calendar app then places it at the right moment on its own clock, wherever you open it.

Questions

Does the tool need my location?

No. It asks for a city you choose, never for your device’s position, and the city is optional: without one, every instant comes in UTC only.

What time is sunrise on the equinox where I live?

With your city picked, the table Daylight on the four days gives sunrise, sunset and day length for each equinox and solstice. For New York on 20 March 2027, the tool gives sunrise at 06:59, sunset at 19:08, and 12h08 of daylight.

Can I look up the equinox for a city abroad?

Yes: pick that city instead of your own. The Local time column then shows its clock and its date, whatever the time zone of the device you use.

Sources and further reading

• IANA Time Zone Database — the zones and daylight saving rules behind the Local time column.
• RFC 5545, iCalendar — the standard format of the .ics calendar file.