March 2, Saint Ceadda’s Day
March 3, Hina Matsura, Japanese Doll Festival, a celebration
of girlhood
March 4, Saint Casimir’s Day, patron saint of Lithuania.
March 5, Navigium Isidis festival honoring Isis as navigator
(Greco-Roman)
March 6, Kuan Yin’s birthday (Buddhist)
March 7, Bird and Arbor Day, established 1909 by
Luther Burbank
March 8, International Women’s Day
March 9, Forty Saints Day in Romania
March 10, Tibet Day
March 11, Johnny Appleseed Day
March 12, O-mitzutori, “Receiving the Water Day”
(Buddhist Japan)
March 13, Las Fallas Day in Valencia, bonfires to burn away
the winter
March 14, Pi Day for mathematicians everywhere
March 15, Roman Ides of March; Japanese Phallus festival
March 16, Festival of Dionysus, the first day of the wild
Roman Bacchanalia
March 17, Saint Patrick’s Day; Roman Libernalia
March 18, Sheelah’s Day in honor of Sheela-Na-Gig, goddess
of fertility (Ireland)
March 19, San Giuseppe Day for Jesus’s father
March 20, Spring equinox
March 21, No-Rus (Iranian New Year)
March 22, World Day of Water
March 23, Lildienas or Mara Day, named for the great
goddess of Latvia
March 24, Feast of Saint Gabriel, patron saint
of communications
March 25, The Annunciation, nine months before
Christmas Day
March 26, Prince Kuhio Day, for the last royal prince
of Hawaii
March 27, Easter, a moveable feast
March 28, Pesach, or Passover, a moveable feast
March 29, Festival of Ishtar (Babylonian)
March 30, Salus Day, also known as Hygieia, goddess of
cleanliness, health, and the moon
March 31, Culture Day (Micronesia)
In March we see the more tangible signs of sprig—grass and
trees begin to green, birds return from where they have
wintered, and we breathe in the warmer breezes that herald
summer ahead. Be careful, however—March can be a month of surprises and changes. Celebrate spring by bringing fresh
flowers into your home, and take advantage of the first fruits
and vegetables in the markets. March marks the vernal (or
spring) equinox, one of only two days of the year where the
hours of daylight and the night are balanced equally. The vernal
equinox, like its partner, the autumnal equinox, exemplifies the concept of equilibrium and the idea that two halves
create a whole: only with the darkness can light be seen
and appreciated.
