Is The Spring Equinox Biblical?
Many people use the spring equinox to determine the start of the year, but is the spring equinox actually found in Scripture? Does the Bible ever command us to observe it?
Modern timekeeping systems are man-made and not based on the luminaries established by Yahuah.
What About the Spring Equinox?
One of the most common objections people raise when studying Yahuah’s calendar is the idea that the year must begin with the spring equinox. Many modern calendar systems teach that Abib 1 should be determined by the equinox, which usually falls around March 20–21.
But when we examine the scriptures and the writings of Chanoch (Enoch) carefully, an important question must be asked:
Where in scripture are we commanded to observe the spring equinox?
The answer is simple.
Nowhere.
There is not a single instruction in the Torah, the Prophets, the writings of the apostles, or the book of Chanoch (Enoch) that commands the children of Yashar’el to determine the calendar using the spring equinox.
This idea comes from later astronomical traditions, not from the scriptures themselves.
The Luminaries Were Given for Signs and Appointed Times
The foundation of the calendar is given in the very first chapter of the Bible.
“Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for appointed times, and for days, and years.”
— Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 1:14
The calendar is governed by the luminaries placed in the firmament.
These luminaries include:
• The sun
• The moon
• The stars
Their movements establish the order of days, months, and years.
Scripture tells us to observe the signs in the heavens, not human calendar systems created thousands of years later.
What Does the Book of Chanoch Teach?
The most detailed explanation of the calendar in scripture is found in Chanoch (Enoch) chapters 72–82.
In these chapters the angel Uriel explains the exact order of the luminaries and the structure of the year.
Uriel describes:
• The gates of the sun
• The changing lengths of days and nights
• The movement of the luminaries
• The 364-day year
However, something extremely important is missing from this explanation.
Uriel never once instructs us to observe the spring equinox.
If the equinox were meant to determine the beginning of the year, this would have been the place to explain it. Yet the equinox is never mentioned.
Instead, the calendar is determined by the order of the luminaries and the completion of the 364-day cycle.
The Spring Equinox Comes from Later Astronomy
The concept of the spring equinox did not originate in scripture.
It developed later in the systems of Greek and Babylonian astronomy and eventually became standard in modern scientific models of the solar system.
These models assume that:
• The earth is a rotating globe
• The earth tilts on its axis
• The earth orbits the sun
Within that framework, the equinox is defined as the moment when day and night are equal because of the earth’s tilt.
But the scriptures never describe the earth in this way.
Instead, the Bible speaks of:
• The four corners of the earth (Yesha’yahu 11:12, Chazon 7:1)
• The firmament placed above the earth (Bere’shiyth 1:6–7)
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Yashar’el, and gather together the dispersed of Yahudah from the four corners of the earth. Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 11:12 | את Cepher
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. Chazon (Revelation) 7:1 | את Cepher
He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are Yahuah’s, and he has set the world upon them. Shemu’el Ri’shon (1 Samuel) 2:8 | את Cepher
Because of this, the modern equinox model is not something taught in the scriptures.
If Chanoch did not teach it, then we should not apply it.
Modern Timekeeping Systems Are Man-Made
When researching timekeeping systems today, it becomes clear that many modern calendar concepts were created by human civilizations.
For example:
The 24-hour day
Ancient Egyptian astronomers divided the day into 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night using sundials and star observations. Later, the Babylonians introduced the base-60 system, which gave us 60 minutes per hour and 60 seconds per minute.
These systems did not create the day itself. They simply created a method of measuring it.
The actual day-night cycle was established by Yahuah at creation.
Modern Definitions of “Spring”
Another example of human modification is the way modern science defines seasons.
Today there are actually multiple definitions of spring.
Meteorologists define meteorological spring as:
March 1 – May 31
Astronomers define astronomical spring as beginning at the vernal equinox around March 20–21.
This shows that even modern institutions cannot agree on a single definition.
These are human classification systems used for weather tracking and scientific modeling.
They are not instructions given by Yahuah.
Daylight Saving Time Shows How Easily Time Is Changed
Modern governments even adjust time itself through policies like Daylight Saving Time.
Each year clocks are moved forward one hour in the spring and backward one hour in the fall.
Nothing about the sun, moon, or stars actually changes.
Only the clock changes.
This demonstrates how human timekeeping systems can be manipulated, adjusted, and redefined.
The luminaries, however, remain consistent.
The Calendar Should Follow the Luminaries, Not Human Systems
Because of these factors, the calendar of Yahuah should not be based on:
• The spring equinox
• Meteorological seasons
• Government time systems
• Modern astronomical models
Instead, the calendar should follow the order of the luminaries described in scripture.
The book of Chanoch clearly teaches a 364-day year governed by the movement of the sun through the gates of heaven and the cycles established at creation.
That is the system given to us in the scriptures.
The Simple Principle
The principle is very simple.
If the equinox were meant to determine the calendar, Uriel would have explained it when he taught Chanoch about the luminaries.
But he didn’t.
Instead, the focus is entirely on the movement of the sun and the completion of the 364-day cycle.
Because of that, the spring equinox should not be used to determine the beginning of the year.
The calendar should follow the order of the luminaries that Yahuah established from the beginning.
In conclusion, if the world says that spring begins when the earth’s axis is tilted at a certain angle towards the sun, while it also orbits around the sun, why do you believe them and not Yahuah?