Mayan Equinox of the Yucatan Peninsula.

MARCH 18-28, 2011

"WITH THE MOON IN FIRST QUARTER, SATURDAY THE 20TH OF MARCH, 2011 MARKS THE SPRING EQUINOX FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND THIS WILL BE REFLECTED IN SEVERAL ARCHEO-ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA IN VARIOUS PRE-HISPANIC CITIES OF THE REGION"

THE CHANGE OF SEASON WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY 20TH AT 11.31 HOURS WHEN THE PLANET IS FULLY VERTICAL AND LACKING IN INCLINATION IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE "VERNAL POINT WITH THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE ECLIPTIC AND THE CELESTIAL EQUATOR"

ON THAT DAY, THE SUN WILL RISE AT 06:03 HOURS AND WILL SET AT 18.10 HRS WHILST THE MOON WILL BE VISIBLE FROM 08:55 HRS TILL 22:41 HRS AND IT IS IN ITS FIRST QUARTER PHASE.

THE ARCHEO-ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA CAN BE OBSERVED FROM THE 19TH TILL 21TH OF THIS MONTH, WEATHER CONDITIONS PERMITTING, IN SEVERAL BUILDINGS OF DIFFERENT PRE-HISPANIC CITIES SUCH AS CHICHEN ITZA, DZIBILCHALTUN AND OXKINTOK.

THE REAL SPRING EQUINOX, THOUGH, WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY MARCH 14TH SINCE THE SUN WILL RISE AT 06:08 HRS AND WILL SET AT 18:08 HRS, THAT IS, BOTH NIGHT AND DAY WILL LAST 12 HOURS.

THE COUNTRIES CLOSER TO THE EARTH'S EQUATOR WILL EXPERIENCE THE EQUINOX EXACTLY ON THE DESIGNATED DAY BUT IN THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF BETWEEN 4 - 5 DAYS GIVEN ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION 23º TO THE NORTH.

HE MENTIONED THAT THE MAYANS KNEW THIS PERFECTLY AS MANY OF ITS BUILDINGS WERE ERECTED WITH THAT IN MIND.

"FOR INSTANCE, THE TEMPLE OF THE SEVEN DOLLS AT DZIBILCHALTUN AND THE CASTLE OF CHICHEN ITZA ARE ALIGNED TO RECORD THE EQUINOX BY DEFINITION AND NOT THE ASTRONOMICAL ONE AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT"

- DR EDDIE ARIEL SALAZAR ,
ACADEMIC MEMBER OF THE MERIDA TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE.


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