Season
How Many Days Until Spring 2027?
Today: · Eastern Time (America/New_York)
Calendar days until Spring
147 days until Spring
First Day of Spring is on Saturday, March 20, 2027.
Live countdown to midnight on March 20, 2027
146 days, 17 hours, 25 minutes, 50 seconds remaining
Eastern Time (America/New_York). Countdown days are 24 hours; the calendar-day count above uses local dates.
- Calendar days (signed)
- 147
- Full weeks + days
- 21 weeks + 0 days
- Calendar months + days
- 4 months + 24 days
- Years, months, days
- 0 years, 4 months, 24 days
- Weekdays counted
- 105
- Weekend days counted
- 42
- U.S. business days
- 99
- Observed holiday dates skipped
- 6
What is the first day of spring?
The first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere is the March equinox, when day and night are nearly equal in length around the world. From here, days grow longer than nights until the fall equinox. In the Southern Hemisphere it marks the start of autumn.
History of the first day of spring
Many cultures have marked the spring equinox for thousands of years. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, begins at the equinox, and at Chichén Itzá in Mexico the setting sun casts a serpent-shaped shadow on the steps of El Castillo around this time.
The first day of spring today
Meteorologists use March 1 as the start of spring for record-keeping, but most calendars use the equinox. Many people celebrate with spring cleaning, gardening and festivals, and cherry blossoms often bloom in Washington, D.C., in late March or early April.
Date details
- Category
- Season
- How the date is set
- Set by a yearly rule
- Country / region
- United States
- Actual event date
The March equinox marks the start of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Dates use Eastern Time; the moment can fall on the previous or next calendar day elsewhere. Meteorological spring begins March 1.
Source: U.S. Naval Observatory
Event date facts
- Weekday
- Saturday
- ISO week / year
- 11 / 2027
- Day of year
- 79
- Quarter
- 1
- Days left in year
- 286
- Leap year
- No
March 2027
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | ||||||
Event dates by year
| Rule year | Actual date | Observed federal closure | Certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No date available | — | Date awaiting announcement |
| 2026 | Friday, March 20, 2026 | — | Set by a yearly rule |
| 2027 | Saturday, March 20, 2027 | — | Set by a yearly rule |
| 2028 | Sunday, March 19, 2028 | — | Set by a yearly rule |
| 2029 | Tuesday, March 20, 2029 | — | Set by a yearly rule |
Quick answers
- What day of the week is March 20, 2027?
- March 20, 2027 is a Saturday.
- Is Spring a federal holiday?
- No. First Day of Spring is not a U.S. federal holiday, so federal offices and most businesses stay open.
- What week of the year is March 20, 2027?
- March 20, 2027 is in ISO week 11 of 2027 and is day 79 of the year.
How the Spring date is calculated
- The first day of spring is the date of the March equinox, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading north (Northern Hemisphere). The moment comes about six hours later each year and jumps back after each leap day, so the date can move by a day.
- In 2027 it falls on Saturday, March 20, 2027 in Eastern Time, from U.S. Naval Observatory data.
- The countdown counts calendar days from today to March 20, 2027. The start date is excluded and the end date is included. Dates use Eastern Time (America/New_York).
- The live countdown runs to midnight at the start of March 20, 2027 in Eastern Time (America/New_York). A countdown day is 24 hours, so a daylight-saving change can make it differ from the calendar-day count by an hour.
- Calculated at 6:34 AM on October 24, 2026.
- U.S. business days exclude Saturday, Sunday and observed nationwide federal closures; individual employer and state schedules are not included.